What if the version of you that got you here isn't the version you need for what's next?

Emily Adams left the Amish community at 17 with no roadmap—jumping out of a two-story window in the middle of the night with no plan. She went on to manage production lines for Ford, GM, and BMW, save millions in operational gaps inside a global tech company, bootstrap a tech platform from scratch, and help lead Tampa Bay Tech Week to a profitable 40-event week as COO.

Today she's Managing Partner at Gulf Works Lab, a Fractional COO, and one of the clearest voices on why AI implementation fails. In this episode, Dawn Hunter talks with Emily about human design, self-awareness, building community instead of competing in silos, and why every identity shift — no matter how big or small — takes real courage. A conversation about reinvention, boundaries, and giving yourself permission to become someone new.

📚 Guest Info

• Website: https://gulfworkslab.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyadams8/
• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@emilyadams_

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilyadams_
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EmilyAdams_
  

📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Tampa Bay Tech Week, https://www.tampabaytechweek.com/
• Amplify Women Tampa Bay, https://amplifywomentampabay.com/  
• Human Design
• DISC assessment
• Myers-Briggs
• Predictive Index
• EMDR therapy
• Somatic exercises with Liz Tenuto, ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theworkoutwitch_/

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