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Putting the 4 D's to work

by paul thomas·6 min·466 wordsCOURSE

That is the framework. Four habits, working together: decide what to hand over, brief it well, judge what comes back, and own the result. None of them are hard on their own. The work is building them into how a team operates, not just how one keen person works.

Video: Anthropic’s AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · watch on YouTube

Where to go from here

A few ways to make this stick once the videos are watched:

  • Use the shared language. When you talk about AI work, name the D. 'That is a delegation question' or 'the discernment slipped there' keeps the conversation specific.
  • Build the templates. The briefs and checklists from these lessons are worth saving where the team can find them.
  • Make it normal to show your working. Teams build fluency fastest when people talk openly about how they used AI on a task, what worked, and what they had to fix.

If you want this built into a team properly rather than left to chance, that is the work I do. Book a discovery call whenever you are ready.

Try this

Pick the D your team is weakest on and run its exercise on a real task this week. Then do the next one the week after.

Common questions about building AI fluency

How do you build AI fluency across a team?

AI fluency is built by making the four D's how a team works, not how one keen person works. None of the four habits is hard on its own, so the job is turning them into shared practice: name the D when you talk about AI work, save the briefs and checklists somewhere the team can find them, and make it normal for people to show their working on a task, including what they had to fix. Teams build fluency fastest when this happens out in the open rather than being left to chance.

How do you put the four D's into practice on real work?

Pick the D your team is weakest on and run its exercise on a real task this week, then do the next one the week after. Starting with the weakest habit gives you the most useful place to begin, rather than trying to fix everything at once. Choose one real task rather than a practice exercise, so the habit gets tested under actual conditions.

How do you make AI habits stick in a team rather than fade?

Three things keep the habits alive once the videos are watched. Use a shared language so the conversation stays specific, save the templates where people can find them, and make it normal to show your working. Done together, these turn AI fluency into something the team owns rather than something that depends on one person staying enthusiastic.

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