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AI Job Interview Task

Ability to use AI to accelerate and improve their human work should be a default hiring criteria moving forward.

Here’s a simple task you can add to your in person interviews to uncover the candidates who think AI-first.

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AI Development Guide [free download]

There has never been a better time to start building your own tools and applications - even if you have no development experience.

In this free guide I walk you through the process of getting started and bringing your first proof of concept to life.

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Don’t put AI in everything you build

As you think through the opportunities for AI to improve the productivity and effectiveness of your teams, don’t fall into the trap of trying to embed AI in every solution.

In many scenarios AI can be the path, but not the destination as you build new tools and applications for your teams.

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Prompt Hackathon [Facilitator Guide]

Grab this facilitator guide which will help you to run your own prompt hackathons in your company.

Give your people the inspiration and a safe space to learn and test their ideas, before watching AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT become dependable co-workers for your people.

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ChatGPT Tasks - New Launch

ChatGPT Tasks just launched - and they allow you to schedule prompts to run in the future.

In this article I show you a couple of examples with a live video demo.

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Should you build with AI frameworks?

AI frameworks abstract you away from the underlying LLMs which can seem like a faster way to start building more complex AI workflows and agentic systems.

In this article I highlight what OpenAI and Anthropic recommend when it comes to considering your approach.

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Kowalah - Buy Better

Kowalah helps buying groups to run a great buying process, to pick the right technology vendor and to reduce the fear of messing up.

In this post I walk you through the problems Kowalah solves for buying groups and give a quick demo of the product.

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AI, sand castles and company building

AI is like the incoming tide, advancing on the SaaS sandcastle you’ve built on the beach.

Now’s the time, if you haven’t already, to consider what a post-SaaS business looks like, removing the UI and just giving your customers the answers to their questions.

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Glean - The Work AI Platform

Glean provides a horizontal AI platform for your employees - providing centralised access to knowledge, data and processes across all of your enterprise systems.

In this article I take a look at the platform and when how you can determine if its valuable for your organisation.

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ICONIQ - State of AI report

ICONIQ Capital's State of AI 2024 report has just dropped with insights around AI budgets, ROI, key use cases, model adoption and function use cases.

Read my summary and get access to the full report here.

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Using AI in B2B Sales - Gartner

Gartner prisms show AI use cases across two dimensions - business value and feasibility.

In this prism they look at AI use cases in B2B sales including sales forecasting, territory optimisation and guided conversations.

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AI in practice - Olympics Daily Recap

NBCUniversal developed an AI powered Olympic Daily Recap featuring personalised clips and an AI synthesised commentary.

It provides a great example of using the knowledge and data you have access to to create new and improved value propositions for your customers.

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AI for non-technical CXOs - free email course

Join this free 15 day email course helping non-technical CxOs understand the implications of AI for their businesses.

You'll learn about AI without getting bogged down in technical jargon - focusing on what to do, how to hire, and how to set your business up for the AI future.

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SaaS and AI - from trains to travel passes

AI is a multi-model world where companies will use multiple models across different use cases.

This differs from SaaS where you picked one platform for each use case.

Here's a simple image I use to differentiate the two concepts.

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What is the role of a fractional Chief AI Officer?

As CEOs seek to define their AI strategy they are increasingly looking to outside help to support them.

In this article I explore the role of a Chief AI Officer, why a fractional CAIO can bring diverse perspectives an internal hire would miss, and how to start measuring the success of your AI strategy.

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AI-enabled org charts - from pyramids to diamonds

AI will change the structure of a business from the typical bottom heavy pyramid, to a more middle-heavy diamond.

CxO's then have a choice about whether to claim those efficiencies as higher margin, or redeploy them to grow faster.

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How to create business value with AI

AI is only valuable when you connect it to your core business processes. In four images I’ll walk you through how to think about creating business value with AI in your organisation.

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How to be a salesperson in an AI future

As AI picks up increasing parts of the sales person’s role - what does it take to be a human sales person?

In this article I look at the importance of business acumen, spatial awareness and project management in delivering value to your customers in their buying process.

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Executive ownership of your AI strategy

AI usecases appear across your organisation and this graphic will help you think through which of your senior executives are aligned to the most game-changing opportunities you have in front of you.

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