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The Skills AI Can’t Give You (But Desperately Needs You to Have)

The Skills AI Can’t Give You (But Desperately Needs You to Have)

AI Skills & Workforce

Most people aren’t getting mediocre results from AI because the tools are bad. They’re getting mediocre results because they’re skipping the human parts that make AI useful: clear thinking, clear direction, and real judgment. This article breaks down the five skills AI can’t supply (but absolutely depends on) and how to build them into the way you work so you stop copying output and start improving outcomes.

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GPT-5 Just Landed. Here’s My Take (and Why 20-60-20 Still Wins)

AI Skills & Workforce, AI Strategy & Adoption

GPT-5 landed yesterday, and I’ve already been putting it through its paces. Verdict? Better, faster, and more honest — but not quite “meet the parents” material. Here’s what’s new, what actually matters for your business, five side-by-side prompts you can try yourself, and why 20-60-20 still runs the show.

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Show & Fail: Why Your Team Needs to See You Try (and Stumble) with AI

AI Skills & Workforce, AI Strategy & Adoption

Many leaders hesitate to use AI in front of their teams, waiting until they’ve “figured it out” first. But this silence creates suspicion, not safety. Your team doesn’t need you to be a perfect prompt whisperer—they need to see you try, stumble, and learn out loud. This post reveals why “Show & Fail” leadership is your secret weapon for building AI confidence across your organization, plus 5 practical ways to model confident imperfection with AI tools.

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Get AI-Inspired: 450+ Ideas for Using AI to Help In Business

AI Skills & Workforce

Need inspiration for using AI in your business? This comprehensive guide provides 500 specific, actionable ways to leverage ChatGPT, Claude, and similar AI tools across six key business areas: communication, strategy, sales & marketing, productivity, team management, and data analysis. Skip the theory – these are practical solutions you can implement this week to solve real business challenges and amplify your expertise.

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AI Superpower 6 | Empower: Scale Your Impact Without Scaling Your Team

AI Skills & Workforce, AI Strategy & Adoption

Remember that recurring nightmare where you’re drowning in work but can’t afford to hire help? Yeah, me too. In my tech product business, every growth spurt meant panic-hiring five more people. Now with my SaaS company, I’ve discovered a better way: using AI to turn a 5-person team into a 20-person powerhouse. (Spoiler: It’s not about replacing humans—it’s about giving them superpowers.)
In this final installment of my AI Superpowers series, I’ll show you how to scale your impact without scaling your headcount, why 50-70% of your team’s work probably doesn’t deserve their brilliant minds, and the exact framework I use to decide what AI should handle versus what needs human magic. Plus, I’ll share mind-blowing examples of companies achieving 40% productivity gains with lean teams.
Ready to stop trading time for money? Let’s revolutionize how you think about scaling.

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