573 :: How One Annoying Book Changed the Way I Use AI to Make Better Business Decisions

Are you using AI to save a few minutes or to make the decisions that could change your business?

Many leaders are already using AI to summarize documents, improve emails, build meeting agendas, and handle other everyday tasks. But what if those applications are focused on the 80% of your work that creates only 20% of the value?

In this episode, Bradley Hartmann shares his begrudging, but wholehearted, recommendation of Geoff Woods’ The AI-Driven Leader. Despite a long list of frustrations with the book, one idea changed Bradley’s behavior: using AI as a strategic thought partner for his highest-value decisions.

After putting the idea into practice during a 90-minute session with ChatGPT, Bradley walked away with greater clarity around his business, priorities, calendar, and opportunities for growth.

You’ll discover:

· How to move beyond low-value AI tasks and use AI to think through the highest-value decisions in your business.

· A simple interview approach that gets AI to ask one question at a time and learn from your answers as the conversation develops.

· How opening up about your goals, challenges, priorities, and actual use of time can reveal gaps between where you want your business to go and how you’re operating today.

Play the episode to learn how turning AI into a strategic thought partner could give you greater clarity on where you’re going, what deserves your attention, and what may be holding your business back.

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