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Books, courses, and tools I've found helpful.
Books, courses, and tools I've found helpful.
Everything here is something I've personally read, taken, or used. It's a short list on purpose. Pick the one thing that fits where you are today and start there.
Everything here is something I've personally read, taken, or used. It's a short list on purpose. Pick the one thing that fits where you are today and start there.
Books I recommend
Books I recommend
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Buy Back Your Time
Dan Martell
Start here
Buy Back Your Time
Dan Martell
This isn't an AI book, and that's why it's first. It's about spotting the work that drains your time and energy so you can hand it off. Read it with AI in mind, and every chapter becomes a brainstorm for what AI could take off your plate.
Lead yourself
The AI-Driven Leader
Geoff Woods
Lead yourself
The AI-Driven Leader
Geoff Woods
A practical plan for using AI to improve your leadership, including using AI as a thinking partner for decisions and strategy. Best if you want to start applying AI to your own work this week.
Lead your company
AI at Work
James Poulter
Lead your company
AI at Work
James Poulter
A comprehensive blueprint for how your company should be thinking about AI, moving from scattered experiments to a company-wide strategy while keeping people and values at the center.
A free place to start
A free place to start
AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations from Anthropic
AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations from Anthropic
A free course, about 3–4 hours, on working with AI effectively, efficiently, ethically, and safely. It's built around four skills: Delegation, Description, Discernment, and Diligence. It's a natural next step after the Prompt Better page, and a certificate of completion is available.
Tools I actually use
Tools I actually use
ChatGPT (chatgpt.com)
Brainstorming, drafting, and thinking through problems.
Microsoft Copilot (copilot.microsoft.com)
AI inside the Microsoft 365 tools we already use every day: Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams.
Claude (claude.ai)
A thinking partner for writing and refining.
Scribe (scribehow.com)
Turns a process walkthrough into step-by-step training documentation with screenshots.
HeyGen (heygen.com)
Creates training videos and translates them for our multilingual workforce.
DELMIAWorks dashboards & alerts
Not a chatbot, but the same idea: turning ERP data into information and alerts, so we're notified of exceptions instead of hunting for them.
AI Governance Policy
AI Governance Policy
Before fully launching AI within your organization, it's a good idea to establish the guardrails for your organization. Try this prompt to get a thoughtful and thorough draft of an AI Governance policy you can submit to your legal team.
MAPP Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference Presentation 2026
MAPP Benchmarking and Best Practices Conference Presentation 2026
ADMO_Practical_AI_Across_the_Plant_MAPP_2026_Giardino_092926.pptxLet's stay connected
Let's stay connected
I'd love to hear what you try. If you run an AI experiment after today, tell me what worked and what didn't. That's how we all learn faster.
I'd love to hear what you try. If you run an AI experiment after today, tell me what worked and what didn't. That's how we all learn faster.
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