I’ve been writing professionally since 1997. While you might not agree with my stances on anything I write, you can tell I wrote it. Even in my early writing, my author voice shines through. And I love my em-dashes and commas. (Part of me would like to believe the LLMs stole so much of my […]
This week’s podcast is from the Continual Planning book. Enjoy! (I embed the podcast in a frame just below the Podcast heading. If you do not see the frame, please click through to hear it. Or, check out the YouTube video below.) The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with
If you recently published a book, as I did, you might have this same experience. The scammers are out in full force. Here’s what keeps happening to me. I receive an email with a Gmail address, from a person who claims to represent a “reputable” book club. (I find it interesting that they tell me
My podcast this week is from the Continual Planning book. While I do embed the podcast into this post, you might not see it. Or, you might see a black or white box, depending on whether you read directly or from my RSS feed. You can always click through to the podcast, or subscribe in
I started this series discussing where AI use might create bottlenecks. The more people work solo on anything, the more likely they become bottlenecks for the team. When each person works solo with AI, they reinforce resource efficiency, where everyone is busy, but the team can’t seem to finish anything when anyone wants it. Instead,
My podcast this week is from the Continual Planning book. Enjoy! (You might not see the podcast in the frame below, depending on how you read my feed. If you see a blank space or a white box, do click through to the post itself. Thanks.) The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of
In How to Use Value Stream Maps to See Where AI Creates Bottlenecks Part 1, I described three teams that used LLMs. However, those teams only used LLMs as individuals, reinforcing resource-efficiency thinking instead of flow-efficiency thinking. (Resource efficiency makes everything take longer because of the focus on the individual. Flow efficiency allows the work
My podcast this week is from the Continual Planning book. This is my first draft of the description, the text that goes on the back of the book. It’s a first draft because it doesn’t get to the point fast enough. But as a first draft, it can guide my writing, which is why I
So many people (and some teams) work under mandates to “use AI.” While I am a fan of these two functions for the current LLMs: The ability to create fast prototypes for human assessment and judgment. And the ability to gain new insights into you, your team’s, or your organization’s data. (This often requires a
I am so pleased to announce that my newest book, Effective Public Speaking: How to Use Content Marketing With Stories to Show Your Value, is out everywhere. If you write books or consult as part of your income, this is the book you need to up your content marketing game. I wrote this book because