Ten AI Things to Do This Week

Three articles in, I've made the case for closing the Leadership AI Gap. I've shown you what's possible. I've warned you what can go wrong.

This week we get practical.

Because research without action is just noise. And the gap between knowing about AI and actually leading with it closes one small action at a time.

You don’t need a transformation programme

In Article 4 of the Leadership AI Gap series, I've pulled together ten concrete things any leader can start this week. Things like using AI to prepare for your next meeting. Building a daily reflection practice. Setting up AI to act as a proper board - with a devil's advocate, a customer voice, and someone wearing Edward de Bono's black hat - rather than just a sycophantic yes-machine.

There's also one on transparency that I feel strongly about. Nobody blinked when leaders started using Excel. Nobody questioned the PowerPoint. AI is next in that line - and the leaders who treat it as something to hide are creating a gap between what they do and what they model for their teams.

The one I'd start with

Number one. Open whatever AI tool you have and use it to prepare for your next meeting. That's it. One conversation. See what happens.

The full article is on LinkedIn. Ten minutes of reading that could change how you work this week.

And if you want the thinking behind the thinking, subscribe to Taggart's People on Substack where I publish a companion piece for each article in the series.

Which of the ten are you going to try first?