Your AI Co‑worker
Who’s reading this email first – you or your AI co-worker? If your answer is yourself, quite likely that’s not the case. Your hard‑working AI colleagues have already done their job…
High-Performance Thinking
It’s all too easy to get overwhelmed by the fast pace of change. Until you shift your perspective and realise that fast change happens slowly…
Changing Change
People don’t like change. Or so it’s often said. In a way that implies this is an indisputable fact. Often said by people trying to preserve the status quo. I can prove that the reverse is true.…
Greater Capabilities
AI makes mistakes. People make mistakes. Are we really that different? Yes. We. Are. The way we think and reason is fundamentally different…
Nudge Forward
In the olden days, like last year, I’d learned that AI requires careful prompting. Giving it a persona and detailed directions. As a result, my standard guidance when asking AI to proofread was…
Uniquely You
What makes you uniquely you, is you. There’s no one else who thinks like you. Who sees the world like you. Who’s lived the life you’ve lived. Who knows what you know…
A Quick Slow Note
Which meeting would you rather be in: “Okay everyone. We only have 60 minutes and we’ve got a lot to get through. I know everyone’s busy so let’s quickly get on with planning…”
Lead AI Strategically
If the definition of strategy is a plan of action to achieve major aims, what’s your AI strategy?
Adaptive Leadership
Adapting to changing conditions requires being comfortable with new ideas that do not make sense. At first.
Transformative Capabilities
From a caterpillar to a butterfly. A truly remarkable transformation. Except for the fact that this is not the full story. An incomplete picture.
Appreciate Your Experience Is Bias
Bias. It is a powerful word. What associations did it bring to mind? Did you think about yourself? Well you should. Because you are biased.
Visionary Strategy
We will be the world’s leading organisation in our industry through loyal customers, passionate staff and satisfied shareholders… is not a vision statement.
Progressive Thinking
Have you ever driven in rain so heavy you knew you really should not be driving? Remember how it felt. Barely able to see what was in front of you, every sense heightened, tensed for possible collision.
Go Further
Progress depends on restlessness. Not being content with what is. Instead going a step further to discover what might be.
Progress Forward
Imagine if an amazing new energy technology had just been discovered. With a powerful ability to heat our homes, cook our meals and to transform darkness into light.
Scale Aspiration into Action
Having a significant impact depends on setting significant goals. Throughout history people who have achieved success in their endeavours set their sights on going beyond expectations.
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
What did you have for breakfast this morning? Your strategy? Perhaps… It’s often said that “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” What does this memorable but somewhat obscure leadership principle mean?…
5 Levels of AI Leadership
AI can be a super-fast learner. That is if you don’t simply accept its first answer. Instead, make the effort to coach it forward. Just as you might with any other team member…
Space to Think
Sometimes our best thinking happens at the edges. Whether it’s an innovative idea that goes against the status quo, or a Friday thought as the demands of the week pass.…
Valuable Words
No need to read this entire email. Here’s the one-paragraph AI summary: This email discusses how the value of words has changed due to advances in technology…