Oct 24, 2025 | Articles
📊 Practical, hands-on experience in using AI tools is the biggest predictor of success. Hello Reader, Let’s be real: Everyone’s talking about AI, but most professionals are still experimenting blindly. If you’ve been wondering whether an AI workshop is worth your time — this one’s for you. Here are the most common questions I have been getting about the AI F.A.S.T. Class Series — and straight answers from someone who’s seen hundreds of professionals go from “AI-curious” to AI-confident. ❓…
Oct 21, 2025 | Articles
🎓 “AI might take some jobs, but if you don’t learn AI, how are you going to be competitive?” – Michael Park Hello Reader, What I hear from people, when they want to improve their AI skills, is that they don’t know where to start. Because there’s so many different tools, that can do so many different things, it’s overwhelming. So they just pick one tool to learn how to do a thing or two, but they don’t have a structured learning plan to grow. I think people are probably worried about falling…
Oct 15, 2025 | Articles
🔮 The future isn’t AI-first – it’s human-first with AI-powered humans. Hello Reader, A lot of people think AI is coming for their jobs. They’re wrong. AI is coming for their tasks. But the work that matters — the uniquely human work — still belongs to us. What makes us human is what makes us valuable, in a world shared with AI. Emotional intelligence, creative taste, adaptability, and ethics are uniquely human, which makes them our survival skills for the future. Taste. Judgment. Empathy….
Oct 9, 2025 | Articles
📊 Microsoft estimates New Zealanders could save an average of 275 hours per year by using artificial intelligence. Hello Reader, If you want to learn AI F.A.S.T. then I have the class for you. Participants in my workshops have demonstrated: 📈 +45% in Confidence in using AI tools for daily tasks🛠️ +56% in ability to craft effective AI Prompts⚡ +65% in efficiency improvement on productivity🎯 +75% in AI’s impact on strategic decision-making🎨 +67% in AI’s role in work requiring creativity “This…
Sep 24, 2025 | Articles
“The shape of the traditional hierarchy is going to change, especially as people become moderators of AI output.” – Dr Amanda Williamson Hello Reader, The #AotearoaAISummit hosted by the AI Forum NZ explored some really interesting conversations last week. Here are my takeaways: The emcee Megan Tapsell shared that what 5 BAs could do in 1 year can now be accomplished in 1 day. The New Zealand Institute for Advanced Technology announced they would provide $231 million in funding over 4 years…
Sep 17, 2025 | Articles
“We don’t play games to avoid work; we play games to engage in well-designed work.” – Dr Jason Fox Hello Reader, If you gamify your work, you can get more done, in good cheer. That’s the lesson learned from a recent AI Games Playtesting event I held in Christchurch. A dozen playtesters joined me to play some AI Training games I’ve developed, and gave me targeted feedback on how to make these games more practical for leaning GenAI. Over the past six months, I’ve been teaching workshops using…
