Lesson 1 of 6
Your AI co-worker
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Most people open an AI tool, ask it something silly, laugh, and close it. Meanwhile a colleague quietly hands it half their inbox. Which one are you?
Invite it to the table
The best move with AI at work is simple: invite it to every task. You won't know where it helps until you try — it's brilliant at some jobs and clumsy at others, and the line between them isn't obvious. So bring it in, give it a real task, and judge the result.
AI ability is jagged — great at some tasks, weak at others. The only way to map it is to try it on your real work.
A co-worker, not a magic button
Think of AI as a fast, eager junior colleague: quick, tireless, occasionally confidently wrong. You'd never send a junior's first draft out unread — same here. You direct it, it does the legwork, and you stay responsible for what goes out the door.
Treat AI like a keen junior: hand off the legwork, keep the judgment. You're still the one whose name is on the work.
Not every task is a good fit, and that's fine. The point isn't to force AI into everything — it's to find the handful of tasks where it genuinely saves you time.
The shape of it
- —Invite AI to real tasks — you learn where it helps by trying, not guessing.
- —Its ability is jagged: brilliant at some jobs, weak at others.
- —Direct it like a junior colleague and stay responsible for the result.
You're not sure whether AI can help with a task on your plate. What's the 'invite it to the table' move?
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