5 Use Cases for AI

“Overall, the top five biggest use cases for gen AI in the workplace are creative writing, email marketing, idea generation, blog posts and writing product content.” (The AI in Business Trend Report 2023: Insights, Use Cases, and Sentiments from 500 Professionals)
Featured writing
When your brilliant idea meets organizational reality: a survival guide
Transform your brilliant tech ideas into reality by navigating organizational challenges and overcoming hidden resistance with this essential survival guide.
Server-Side Dashboard Architecture: Why Moving Data Fetching Off the Browser Changes Everything
How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.
AI as Coach: Transforming Professional and Continuing Education
Transform professional and continuing education with AI-driven coaching, offering personalized support, accountability, and skill mastery at scale.
Books
The Work of Being (in progress)
A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.
The Practice of Work (in progress)
Practical essays on how work actually gets done.
Recent writing
Start, ship, close, sum up: rituals that make work resolve
Most knowledge work never finishes. It just stops. The start, ship, close, and sum-up methodology creates deliberate moments that turn continuous work into resolved units.
Notes and related thinking
The Pitfalls of Over-reliance on AI
Discover how over-reliance on AI can hinder decision-making and diminish human skills, leading to missed opportunities and poor outcomes.
Mastering Tools like Make and Zapier
Unlock efficiency and reduce costs by mastering Make and Zapier to build tailored tech stacks and streamline your business operations.
Researchers Extend GPT-4 Prompting
Discover how researchers enhance GPT-4's capabilities with innovative prompting techniques, boosting productivity and unlocking new AI potential.