Iwo Szapar

Hybrid Work Expert

AI Maturity Index

In a world where 77% of leaders won't consider candidates without AI skills, understanding your AI maturity isn't just nice to have — it's career-critical.

Introducing an AI adoption GPS - showing where you are, where others are heading, and your fastest path forward.

That’s exactly what we’ve built: a 15-min diagnostic tool powered by real-world data from thousands of professionals.

It's simple 
1. Chat with our AI assistant for 15 minutes about yourself and your AI usage 
2. Get an instant 5-page report with scores, benchmarks, and personalized coaching 
3. Run group reports for your whole team or company

Co-Creator

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia

Co-hosting a program for 22 Saudi AI startups in building production-ready AI agents from concept to deployment. 

Key Focus Areas:
- AI agent architecture and orchestration strategies
- Business model innovation for AI-native companies
- Go-to-market positioning in the MENA region
- Technical troubleshooting and implementation guidance
- Strategic planning for scalable AI solutions

Working alongside the Kingdom's Centre of Digital Entrepreneurship and Saudi AI Leadership Forum to accelerate the next generation of AI companies leveraging Saudi Arabia's unique regulatory clarity and infrastructure advantages.

Program Highlights:
- Weekly workshops on agent development and business strategy
- 1:1 coaching sessions with individual startup founders
- Office hours for real-time technical support and troubleshooting
- Demo day presentations to industry leaders and potential investors

Supporting entrepreneurs who understand that sustainable AI competitive advantages come from workflow integration, cultural intelligence, and solving real customer problems - not just having the latest models.

AI Advisor

Supporting the „Tech Founders” program

Startup Mentor

South Summit

Working with South Summit's global team to connect startup founders with investors and corporate partners across Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Part of a hands-on community that's built 100+ successful exits and facilitated over $17B in startup funding.

AI Ambassador

Saudi AI Leadership Forum

Together with 350+ AI Enthusiasts 🇸🇦, we are dedicated to exploring the vast potential of AI as Saudi Arabia embraces Vision 2030, fostering a community where ideas flourish and connections are made. 

Our mission is to empower each member through insightful discussions, expert-led workshops, and collaborative projects. Whether you're a seasoned AI developer, a business leader seeking to harness AI's power, or simply AI-curious, we offer a platform to learn, share, and grow.

Chief AI Officer & Founder

Remote-First.Institute

Fixing change management with AI. 

- User Expansion: From 319 users in Q3 2023 to 2,003 users (8% paying) in Q2 2024
- Revenue Growth: From $148 in Q3 2023 to $10,635 in Q2 2024
- AI-Assistant Deployment: From 1 AI-Assistant in Q3 2023 to 201 in Q2 2024

🚀 The Journey Begins

In spring 2023 we were looking for ways to productize the "Remote Work Audit" that we've been successfully selling for many years at Remote-how. We decided to experiment with how AI can help. 

During two hackathons with Google and OpenAI, we created a simple prototype and brought it to users. They loved it, so we continued building which led to the creation of AI-Mentor, and eventually getting into an AI Accelerator Program in Saudi Arabia. 

Today AI-Mentor is a change management platform designed for consultants. It offers AI-enhanced interview toolkits, multi-stage AI-Assistants, and workplace analytics. These tools streamline consultancy operations and improve client engagement.

🧠 Projects I lead within AI-Mentor:

1. AI-Powered Remote Work Audit  

- Insight: Productized the "Remote Work Audit" using AI-Assistants.
- Impact: Evaluates remote work capabilities across 120 essential areas during an async conversation with employees, providing deep insights and actionable recommendations to enhance productivity.

2. 30-Day AI Productivity Experiment

- Objective: Conducted a 30-day experiment where 300 ambassadors were given access to an AI Productivity Partner.
- Result: The AI Productivity Partner helped participants stay as productive as possible by managing their calendars, planning tasks, scheduling deep work sessions, providing daily coaching, and offering productivity scores.

3. AI Hackathons

- Initiative: Hosted multiple hackathons (virtual & in-person), engaging over 400 participants.
- Outcome: Empowered participants to build custom, no-code AI tools, significantly enhancing productivity and addressing workflow challenges.

Maker @ AI-Mentor

We are a not-for-profit organization on a mission to create a space with open-source and expertise knowledge about the remote-first work approach provided by the world’s leading future of work experts.

We launched the Remote-First Institute to:
- Counteract the global "back to the office" movement.
- Create Global Standards for companies on remote-first processes.
- Produce high-quality events, articles, reports, and analyses.
- Cultivate a global community for remote-first experts.

Head of AI Projects & Co-founder

▪️Advised 3,000+ companies, incl. Walmart, Microsoft, ING Bank, and Deloitte on how to work smarter.
▪️Spoke at 200+ events, incl. Global AI Summit, South Summit, The Next Web, Running Remote.
▪️Featured by BBC, Forbes, Prezi, Remote, HR Exchange Network, and more.
▪️Built a global community of 31,000+ people who believe work can be done from anywhere.
▪️Wrote a book "Remote Work Is The Way", alongside experts from Netflix, GitLab, and Mural.

Strategic Advisor | Community Builder | Speaker | Writer

Remote-how

Remote-how is the leading platform for remote work education and consulting, helping over 3,000 companies optimize their remote work strategies. We have built a robust community of 25,000+ remote work professionals and collaborated with 250+ experts from renowned companies such as Netflix, GitLab, Microsoft, Mural, and Hubspot. 

Our partners include industry leaders like Asana, Remote, Deel, Prezi, and Safetywing.

💡 Key Projects:

1. Remote-how Marketplace

- Overview: A consulting and virtual training marketplace connecting companies with top remote and hybrid work experts. The marketplace facilitates the hiring of experts for audits, consulting, workshops, and content creation.
- Impact: Provided companies with access to specialized remote work expertise, improving their operational efficiency and remote work practices.

2. Remote-how Academy:

- Overview: The first global, online education and certification program covering essential remote work skills and tools. The academy offers tailored programs for remote workers, HR professionals, and managers.
- Programs:
* Certified Remote Manager
* Certified in Remote Human Resources
* Certified Remote Individual
- Impact: Educated and certified hundreds of professionals, enhancing their ability to effectively manage and thrive in remote work environments.

3. Remote Future Summit:

- Overview: Until 2020, it was the world's largest virtual conference focused on remote work, gathering industry leaders, experts, and practitioners to share insights, strategies, and innovations in the remote work field.
- Impact: Hosted thousands of participants globally, providing invaluable networking opportunities and access to cutting-edge knowledge on remote work trends and best practices.

CEO & Co-founder

Microsoft

I hosted a series of open webinars and invite-only workshops about hybrid work best practices for the Microsoft community and clients.

Remote Work Advisor

I helped build the first in the company's history "Hybrid Work Playbook".

Walmart

I worked with the HR team on Walmart's CEO's remote work strategy proposal.

🚀 Remote-First Activist | Top 50 Remote Influencer | Since 2017, shaping the future of remote-first world

Aloha, I'm Iwo Szapar! I help build future-proof organizations at the intersection of AI and human potential.

🌍 Key Achievements:
- Transformed work approaches at 3,000+ companies including Microsoft, Walmart, and ING Bank
- Co-created the AI Maturity Index with Harvard researchers, democratizing enterprise-grade AI readiness insights
- Established the Saudi AI Leadership Forum and co-founded AI-Mentor to accelerate organizational AI adoption
- Built a global community of 25,000+ professionals championing location-independent work
- Created an expert network of 250+ consultants from companies like GitLab, Netflix, and Hubspot

My work gathered recognition from Forbes and BBC. I authored "Remote Work Is The Way" and have spoken at over 150 events incl. Web Summit, South Summit and The Next Web, while living in 15 different countries.

Born in Gdansk, Poland, I've embraced the 'slowmad' lifestyle that informs my perspective on the future of work. When not researching AI applications, I'm reading history books, surfing, or DJing with my dog Luna nearby.

Connect to explore how AI can help your company work smarter! 🚀

🚀Remote Work Advocate & Co-founder

Remote-how helps companies make remote & hybrid work, work. Since 2017. 

🤓 Remote-how Marketplace - the world’s leading remote & hybrid work experts marketplace. Work on your consulting and advisory projects with 200+ pre-vetted practitioners from top distributed companies. 

🚀 Remote-how Campus - a community where leaders of hybrid teams come to connect, learn and grow together with access to live leadership development programs, mentoring services, and more.

Going viral was fun until I tried replying to thousands of “CLAUDE” comments manually.

Simular built a tool that helps turn that kind of chaos into organized leads instead of 4 a.m. wake-ups.

Two weeks ago I posted about building my second brain with Claude Code.

Offered a PDF to anyone who commented “CLAUDE.”

It exploded.

Day 1: I was Superman
• Every “CLAUDE” comment → I checked if we’re connected and sent a DM or connection request.
• Every custom question → I drafted a thoughtful response.
• Every Chief AI Officer or Big4 partner → Mental note to follow up.

I felt on top of everything.

Days 2-5: I was drowning
• 300+ comments per day
• 30k LinkedIn connections limit hit
• 90% of my responses were copy-paste
• 10% were brilliant questions I actually wanted to answer

My sleep schedule: 4am wake-ups to “catch up”. 

Days 6-14: I accepted defeat
• Replied to maybe 30% of the “CLAUDE” comments
• The Big4 partner who wrote a paragraph about their use case? Still unread
• The CAIO who said “genius, let’s chat”? 

Lost in the noise.

⸻

What I should have done on Day 1

Opened Simular 1.0 on my desktop.

Think of this a an “Autonomous Computer”.

Like n8n, but for everything - apps, web, files. And it stays local, not cloud.

Chatted with my new friend Bigfoot:
🦶 “Looks like you’re going viral. Want to automate comment responses?”

Then trained the system like an intern:
• “See this comment that just says ‘CLAUDE’? Reply with the PDF link.”
• “This one asking about Notion vs GitHub? Draft a response, I’ll review it.”
• “This person mentions ‘consulting firm’ + ‘interested in team setup’? Add to HubSpot, tag: Enterprise prospect.”

Hit Save. Workflow locked in.

Then it runs in the background - while I record podcasts, take calls, actually sleep.

⸻

The result I wanted
• 4,700 “CLAUDE” comments → Auto-responded ✅
• 400 custom questions → Pre-drafted for my review ✅
• 150 qualified leads → Added to CRM with context ✅
• Bigfoot flags 12 comments it’s not sure about (including that Big4 partner) → Gets my personal attention ✅
• Me → Actually sleeping ✅

What actually happened
• I manually typed variations of “Here’s the link!” 1,500+ times
• Lost 3,000+ people to notification fatigue
• Probably missed 50+ real business conversations

⸻

This is what Simular 1.0’s human-in-the-loop is built for

You train it once:
• “CLAUDE” comment → send PDF
• Complex question → draft response
• High-value signal → CRM entry

It learns. Saves the workflow.
Runs it while you’re doing literally anything else.

You wake up to organized, pre-handled responses.
You review in 20 minutes, not 8 hours.

Next time I go viral, I’m ready on Day 1.

Try Simular 1.0 - link in comments. 🚀🚀🚀

What would you like to automate on your computer? Share in comments and let’s explore together if it’s (already) possible!

Brand partnership • Co-Creator @ AI Maturity Index 🚀 | Entrepreneur, Writer, Speaker 👨‍💻 | 15 countries called home 🌍

Co-Creator @ AI Maturity Index 🚀 | Entrepreneur, Writer, Speaker 👨‍💻 | 15 countries called home 🌍

Helping GTM Leaders & Founders Grow With GTM x AI | Fractional CxO | Building Linkedin Tools @ humanoidz.ai

this is the closest i've ever felt to 'work' AGI...
I'd even say this is potentially the best investment of your time
when asked what's the 20/80 signal vs noise to focus on atm, I answer this:

claude code + sub-agents + skills... hear me out:

most people use claude like a chatbot. ask a question, get an answer, repeat.
i've been using it like a powerful team, that gets me...

here's what changed: claude now has skills and sub-agents. skills are basically recipe cards you create once, then claude follows them perfectly every time. no more rewriting the same prompts. no more inconsistent outputs.

sub-agents take it further. instead of one claude doing everything, you create specialists. one for linkedin content. one for data analysis. one for email drafting. each one remembers your preferences forever.

(someone in our community said "this replaced everything. i barely use any other tools anymore.")

the real magic? you can run 3-4 agents simultaneously. while one analyzes a spreadsheet, another writes a post about those numbers.

anyway, i put together a full playbook covering: 
→ setting up skills and enabling code execution in claude 
→ creating your first SKILL.md file (claude literally writes it for you) 
→ the debug loop that makes skills sharper over time 
→ building sub-agents with their own "brain" folders 
→ connecting agents to google drive, slack, hubspot via MCPs 
→ the packaging mistake that breaks everything

it's 20 pages of step-by-step stuff that took months to figure out.

want it? you know the drill: 
1. 👍 like 
2. 💬 comment "augmented" 
3. 🔄 repost just to be sure
will send it later today.. first come first serve as there are limits.

(make 100% sure we're connected)

DM me if you have questions.

Claude_Code_Claude_sub-agents_and_Claude_skills

using AI for 1000+ days...canceled most of my AI subscriptions this month.
now i spend 90% of my time in one tool.
this is probably the best time investment you make this year...

yesterday's post about claude code/agents/skills did better than expected so i'm releasing the FULLER playbook. the tool? claude code. but i don’t code a single line. don't let the "code" in the name fool you… i'm not a developer and it works perfectly. 

here's what happened:
chatgpt, gemini, the tools I used etc forget everything. every chat starts from zero. you re-explain your project, your brand voice, your preferences... over and over. even with customgpts and claude projects it isn't reliable enough..

claude code changed EVERYTHING. you create a simple file called CLAUDE[.]md. that file becomes your AI's permanent memory. write your context once. never repeat yourself again.

but here's where it gets REALLY interesting:
you can build sub-agents. specialists that each have their own "brain folder." one for linkedin content. one for research. one for client work. each remembers everything.

then you connect them to your actual tools via MCP: hubspot, gmail, google analytics, notion, slack. they execute tasks on your behalf. i'd say this is probably the biggest practical shift in knowledge work since the chatgpt moment. and it's simple. it's basically just folders and markdown files. no actual coding required. true story...someone in our community said it best: "my clients think i hired a team."

anyway, i’m sharing and i've used the playbook from Iwo Szapar which covers it in perfect easy-to-follow details, step by step:

→ setting up claude code (even for non-coders) 
→ creating your CLAUDE.md file (your project's permanent memory) 
→ building sub-agents with their own brain folders 
→ connecting to hubspot, gmail, notion via MCP 
→ the mistakes that break the whole system 
→ ready-to-use templates you can copy

this might be the best hours you invest this year.

want it? you know the drill
will send it today if you’re fast (there are some limits on number of DMs per day…first come first serve:
1. 👍 like
2. 💬 comment "Second Brain"
3. 🔄 repost just to be sure

(make 100% sure we're connected)

thank me later for this one...

how I built a second brain that actually works

Vnomic

I provide technical solutions for the companies from Fortune 100 list. I work on different platforms and applications (Excel, Access, PostgreSQL, Jira, Java, Python, Power BI, Power Query, Git) in order to integrate and deliver high quality data.

Software Engineer

CareerChange2IT

Since 2016, after many years of working with Polish candidates in the local job market, together with my wife Klaudia we decided to take our business to the international level. Why? Because we know our strategies work regardless of external factors: it’s about you, your strategy, and your skills.

We help career pivoters get into Tech in three key areas:
1) Knowing which IT role is right for you – business analyst or data analyst? That’s the question.

2) Planning your career change step by step – from gaining fundamental knowledge, identifying your skill gaps, to getting non-commercial practice in your new field.

3) Boosting your job search in a holistic way – instead of ONLY applying online, we combine the standard job search process with tapping into the hidden LinkedIn job market and landing your IT target role through referrals.

I know what a career change really means—because I’ve made several transitions myself: into Tech (from environmental protection), and later within Tech. Today, I work fully remotely in an international environment for a US company—earning in dollars while living in Poland.

If you want to find flexibility and balance in your life also, don’t wait - just contact me!

Career Coach

Dookoła Pracy

Together with Klaudia Jarych we created dookolapracy.pl to show that it is always a good time to change and find a job that is in accordance with your talents & values. We show how to change your branch/current profession into entirely new industry without having any experience in new position and not loosing money. 

Dookola Pracy is the place where I can use my biggest strenghts (technical, analytical & communication skills, business planning and strategy) & knowledge. The most important tasks are as follows:

☑ Managing relationships with Partners and Customers
☑ Matching Candidates with Employers
☑ Brainstorming & implementing the content strategy
☑ Preparing development strategy
☑ Preparing graphics, video, tools in Excel for articles
☑ Technical website support
☑ Acting as Marketing Manager and promoting website in social media (Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, Youtube)

🏆 My actions led to the constant growth of the Portal (approx. 100% increase of uu each year)
🏆 High value of the artticles led to the invitation to the APMG Influencers Program. 
🏆 Apart from that, we started cooperation with well-known experts in the field of finance & enterpreneurship

...and this is just the begining! :)

Career Consultant

Softjar Łukasz Jarych

What I do? 
I help companies with identifying, mapping and improving/automating reporting systems. 
☑I create best reports solutions in Excel/Access using VBA 
☑I manage data and building reports in QlikView 
☑Integrating google cloud workflow using google apps script
☑Utilizing programming languages like python/java to deliver cleaned and valid data
☑Building and automating reports In Power BI and Microsoft ecosystem
☑Automating process workflows using n8n, make or zapier

Calculator created and Pomodoro Timer with audio in Excel as example in links below:

Company Owner/Software Engineer

Experts 4 Business

I was responsible for data workflow for whole HR department and managing different applications to work together (QlikView, Excel, Access, SAP etc.). I was building tools and improvements to make other coworkers life easier. I was a VBA mentor.

Senior Systems Analyst

• Gathering technical requirements for new systems
• Creating a full concept of IT tools including architecture and associated systems
• Leading user acceptance testings (UAT)
• Technical implementation of created solutions using IT tools – VBA, RDM systems (MS Access, SQL), QlikView, SAP
• Creating process improvements in MS Office environment and Windows Server – work automation (Redmine, Vbscript)
• Mentoring less experienced employees in order to train future Excel/VBA developers

IT Systems Analyst

Impel Business Solutions Sp. z o.o.

I was managing, developing and creating tools and reports for the whole HR department. Also, I was mapping business processes for each HR team and i was searching for improvements.

• VBA developer:
− Creating, improving and implementing new processes and tools from the beginning  to the end for internal and external clients within MS Office environment
− Providing first line support to end users, troubleshooting systems issues  and determining root causes of the problems
− Writing technical documentation
• QlikView developer:
− Transforming Data From different Systems (SAP, Probit, Impuls) in order to prepare data sources  for the whole HR Department
− Preparing reports for Managers (e.g. supported companies report, complaints report)
• Analysing clients requirements and changing existing processes (e.g. automatically pulling data from SAP to prepare reports using QlikView)
• Transformation of customer needs into detailed technical solutions – design and selection of technical concepts for HR Department
• Mapping business processes within different Teams using BMPN

Business Analyst

Impel S.A.

In 6 months i learned QlikView application and created successfully system of reports for management. Thanks to my natural talents I was able to strengthen the relationship between different departments.

Sales Analyst (QlikView Developer)
• QlikView Developer:
− Maintaining, verifying and designing algorithms for reports (Sales Department)
− Taking part in design review sessions with QV Team, planning and implementation of business requirements
− Providing input on proposing, evaluating and selecting appropriate design alternatives,
− Developing, testing, debugging and optimizing QlikView applications
− Preparing dashboards which meets business standards and senior management needs
− Creating technical documentations
− Searching for and implementing “best practices”
• Making reports and analysis for Sales Department
• Creating macros and process improvements using VBA
• Checking data quality

Sales Analyst

Hewlett-Packard

I used my biggest strengths which are communication and technical skills and became an IT Expert for the whole Team. I created tools which led to time and costs savings.

• The position of IT Expert:
− Initiating process improvements with IT tools (advanced excel, VBA)
− Taking part in SharePoint and Access courses and in mentoring programs with OPI Department
• Invoice/payments processing (SAP)
• Communicating with international clients

Account Payable with Russian

☑I help purpose-driven professionals to accelerate their career pivot into IT ☑100+ people successfully changed their careers into IT thanks to my proven formula and strategies ☑International Career Change Trainer

I believe 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 —whether in business or your career—requires both —𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 decisions.

As an Environmental Engineer turned Business Intelligence Analyst, I faced every career-changer’s challenge:
• Not enough experience (according to recruiters)
• No clear direction—testing different paths
• Unsure what to learn, wanting skills fast
• Struggled to communicate my value
• Worried I’d need to take a pay cut to enter tech

𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓?
Now, I help candidates skip those doubts and make smooth pivots into Tech—without losing money.
Most achieve this in just 5 to 9 months starting from scratch.

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐒
✅ “Out of 17 applications sent, I received 7 recruitment invitations and 2 job offers… Recruiters looked at me better in this way.”
— Tomasz, QA Specialist

✅ “Thanks to meetings … I discovered what matters most to me at work. … It really helped me convince recruiters.”
— Kamila, Data Analyst

✅ “Recruiters started inviting me to participate … I felt like a partner in the conversations.”
— Lukasz, No code Developer

More: careerchange2it.com/learning-inspirations/

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄
• I’ve done it myself—pivoting from engineering to BI/tech, landing a remote IT role with a 3x salary increase
• 100+ career changers supported (teachers, marketers, analysts, product owners)
• 9 years’ professional coaching experience

3-𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐄:
• Personalized step-by-step roadmap
• Resume/LinkedIn overhaul
• Networking & interview mastery
• Weekly coaching, unlimited support
• Proven frameworks—100+ clients landed new roles
Learn more: careerchange2it.com

Let’s talk if you’re ready to:
• Future-proof your career
• Find a more meaningful, flexible way to work
• Transform your business with automation and analytics

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𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐒 & 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐄
• Built automated solutions with Power BI, Excel, VBA, QlikView, Access, Python
• Created analytics for Fortune 100 clients
• Developed sales report for 800 end-users
• Translating business needs into powerful technical results every day
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📈 Gallup Top 5: Restorative, Learner, Achiever, Individualization, Futurist
🌐 Fluent in English & Russian (also know German but basics)
💏 Father of two

Let’s talk about your needs:
📧 info@careerchange2it.com – career change
📧 luka.jarych@gmail.com – IT challenges

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