This piece nails it, focusing on mundane AI applications is the real move. Small, consistent productivity gains are what truly drive an organization forward, not chasing flashy, one-off projects.
Thanks, Sharyph. It’s definitely been my personal experience and that of my clients so far. Curious, what’s the most exciting, boring change you’ve made for your workflow?
With every long-form content piece I create now, I create multiple pieces of content for different social media platforms. 90% of the time it is different and optimized for that specific platform.
This is the kind of thinking every operator needs in their bloodstream. John Brewton shows that the biggest ROI from AI isn’t flashy-it’s quiet, cumulative, and hidden in the mundane. Forget robot overlords. Think calendar triage, inbox triage, and rework prevention.
The leverage pyramid is brilliant: documentation at the base, decision support at the top. That’s how you build a future-proof org without hype.
If you had to pick just one metric to track AI’s compounding value across an organisation, which would you bet on?
Thanks so much, Melanie! So glad this one resonated with you. For me, the best places to start have been on the email and calendar front, as well as resume review and analysis when I’m building teams for my clients. How about for you?
Thanks John, this was an excellent read. I really appreciate how you always back up any claims with data and/or additional sources and the leverage pyramid is an excelled way of looking at how (and where) AI will compound fast. 🙏
I think we have spent so much time being skeptical of sources and AI output, very understandably.
But it is ALSO my experience that the tools give authors, creators and builders equal opportunity to document and enrich their work with substantive and credible outside perspective / sources.
Agreed! I think so many of our concerns, which I definitely share, need to be patient to see the new types of news reporting, book writing, student teaching, conversation starting mediums we create in the world we are building.
That's a solid practical framework for AI implementation. The shift from chasing "flashy AI" to systematizing "boring AI" is exactly how businesses achieve compounding efficiency gains. We explore this same operational mindset at The Efficiency Playbook.
This piece nails it, focusing on mundane AI applications is the real move. Small, consistent productivity gains are what truly drive an organization forward, not chasing flashy, one-off projects.
Thanks, Sharyph. It’s definitely been my personal experience and that of my clients so far. Curious, what’s the most exciting, boring change you’ve made for your workflow?
With every long-form content piece I create now, I create multiple pieces of content for different social media platforms. 90% of the time it is different and optimized for that specific platform.
Yep, building that functionality out as well. Great take. Thanks!
This is the kind of thinking every operator needs in their bloodstream. John Brewton shows that the biggest ROI from AI isn’t flashy-it’s quiet, cumulative, and hidden in the mundane. Forget robot overlords. Think calendar triage, inbox triage, and rework prevention.
The leverage pyramid is brilliant: documentation at the base, decision support at the top. That’s how you build a future-proof org without hype.
If you had to pick just one metric to track AI’s compounding value across an organisation, which would you bet on?
Thanks so much, Melanie! So glad this one resonated with you. For me, the best places to start have been on the email and calendar front, as well as resume review and analysis when I’m building teams for my clients. How about for you?
Thanks John, this was an excellent read. I really appreciate how you always back up any claims with data and/or additional sources and the leverage pyramid is an excelled way of looking at how (and where) AI will compound fast. 🙏
Thanks so much, Sam!
I think we have spent so much time being skeptical of sources and AI output, very understandably.
But it is ALSO my experience that the tools give authors, creators and builders equal opportunity to document and enrich their work with substantive and credible outside perspective / sources.
Yes/No?
Absolutely John! My only worry is when people haven't been taught how to do this in the first place. Which was also true pre-ChatGPT...
Agreed! I think so many of our concerns, which I definitely share, need to be patient to see the new types of news reporting, book writing, student teaching, conversation starting mediums we create in the world we are building.
That's a solid practical framework for AI implementation. The shift from chasing "flashy AI" to systematizing "boring AI" is exactly how businesses achieve compounding efficiency gains. We explore this same operational mindset at The Efficiency Playbook.
So many golden nuggets here, John! Amazing work.