New to AI at work

If AI at work still feels like a blank box and a blinking cursor, start here. These reads take you from nothing to a handful of jobs you can hand it on Monday, in the order I would tackle them.

5 resources · ~85 min · read in order

1. 01
   SKILL-GUIDE# Using AI daily

   How to use AI at work: ten things worth doing, and how to do them well

   How to use AI at work: the ten most useful jobs to hand it, how to do each well and safely, and the one habit that turns it into productivity, not workslop.

   4 min →
2. 02
   SKILL-GUIDE# Using AI daily

   How to use AI for meeting prep, notes and action items

   How to use Claude or Copilot to draft a meeting agenda up front and turn a raw transcript into decisions, action items with owners and a follow-up email.

   4 min →
3. 03
   SKILL-GUIDE# Using AI daily

   How to write and rewrite work emails with AI

   Learn how to use Claude or Copilot to draft, rewrite and fix the tone of work emails, including the awkward ones, without it sounding like a chatbot wrote it.

   4 min →
4. 04
   SKILL-GUIDE# Using AI daily

   Get up to speed on any unfamiliar topic using AI

   How to use AI to get up to speed on a new subject fast: pitch the question at the right level, build from orientation to nuance, and verify what you're told.

   5 min →
5. 05
   COURSE# Using AI daily

   AI Fluency: a working course for managers and team leaders

   A practical, video-led walk through Anthropic's AI Fluency framework, the four D's, with my take on what each one means for a team that has to use this on Monday.

   68 min →