How to find out whether your workplace permits AI, what a sensible policy usually covers, and how to gently ask for clear guidance if none exists. You will learn to check before you use it, so you are never caught out.
AI at Work
AI at work, for executives and leaders
At a senior level, the questions are less about drafting an email and more about judgement, communication, and direction, including how your organisation uses AI at all. AI can be a quick thinking partner for the first, and you set the tone for the second.
This gathers the decision-support and communication tools that suit a leadership role, alongside the guides on shaping sensible AI rules for the people you lead.
Start here
New to this? These short reads get you oriented before you try anything.
What actually happens to what you type into an AI tool, and why that matters for client data, personal details, and trade secrets. You will learn safer habits and how business versions of these tools differ from the free ones.
A calm, honest look at how AI is changing work, which tasks are shifting, and how to stay valuable by learning to work alongside it. No hype and no doom, only a practical way to think about your own role.
Before anything AI helped with reaches a boss, client, or customer, it needs a human check. You will learn a quick routine for verifying facts, catching bias, and owning the result so the responsibility stays clearly with you.
A few prompts to try
A prompt is a ready-made instruction you fill in and copy into an AI tool like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Here are a few worth trying first.
Decision Matrix
Compare your options against the criteria that matter to you, each given a weight, so a tricky decision becomes a clear, scored side-by-side view.
Use this prompt →
Brainstorm Partner
Generate a wide range of fresh ideas on any topic, then have the AI pressure-test the strongest ones so you leave with options worth pursuing.
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Presentation Outliner
Turn your topic into a clear talk or slide deck outline, with a logical flow, a suggestion for each slide, and a strong opening and close.
Use this prompt →
Document Summariser
Turn a long document into a clear summary at the length, focus, and reading level you need, so you can grasp the key points fast.
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Go further with step-by-step solutions
When you are ready for a bigger task, these walk you through it from start to finish.
How to write a simple AI policy for your team
End up with a clear, one-page AI policy your team can actually follow. You will start from a plain-English template, adapt it to how your people work, and roll it out without turning it into a rulebook nobody reads.
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini
How to onboard your team to AI with a simple checklist
End up with a simple checklist for introducing AI to your team well, covering what to set up, what to share, and what to agree together. You will start from a plain-English checklist, tailor it to how your people work, and roll it out in an afternoon.
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini
How to make a difficult decision with AI
Use AI as a thinking partner to work through a tough choice, weighing the options clearly instead of going round in circles. You will end up with a clear, weighed-up view of the decision, though the final call stays yours.
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini
How to write a business plan with AI
Draft a complete business plan with AI acting as your thinking partner, not your ghostwriter. You will shape the structure, work through each section, and end up with a first draft in your own words that you can refine and use.
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini
Want the full picture?
The AI at Work learning path covers the foundations for every role, step by step.