Zero to AI

This is week two in our year journey of AI transformation and reinvention. Today, I want to talk about a video that absolutely changed how I think about work — and honestly, how I think about myself. It was a very important lesson, one where I learnt to use AI as my guide, my training partner and my enabler to deliver results. This includes a 14 day plan for you to do the same

Today is deliberately practical. First, the Six-Step Framework I use daily. Then three copy-and-paste playbooks you can ship this week (each with two build routes: visual n8n or Google Apps Script). I’ll point out where ChatGPT/OpenAI makes everything faster and more personal.

Today we’re building something you’ll use every day: a prompt generator that routes your requests to the right expert, keeps everything on-brand, and gives you tool-ready prompts without the trial-and-error.

Underneath all the shiny AI tools and clever prompts, there is one question that keeps coming up for people in mid career:

• How do I stabilise my income
• How do I reduce the quiet panic in my head
• How do I design systems that give me breathing room instead of burning me out

Today we are digging into the Zero to AI Toolkit. This is the collection of prompts, templates, and simple frameworks that can cut your learning curve in half. You do not need to become a prompt engineer. You just need a few reliable tools that help you think clearer and move faster.

Today we are digging into the Zero to AI Toolkit. This is the collection of prompts, templates, and simple frameworks that can cut your learning curve in half. You do not need to become a prompt engineer. You just need a few reliable tools that help you think clearer and move faster.

You are going to start creating your own AI assistant.

Not some fluffy digital twin that lives in a slide deck. A simple, useful assistant that helps with real tasks in your life and work. So you can spend more time on strategy, creativity, family, or just not drowning in your inbox.

This week, we are levelling up your assistant game. You are going to learn how to design AI personas, and then how to put them together into a collaborative AI panel that behaves like a small expert team.

This podcast focuses on looking back, noticing the shifts, capturing the insights, and building a simple, realistic ninety day plan that keeps your momentum alive.

We're taking everything you learned in the first twelve weeks and we're turning it into proof. Evidence. Portfolio pieces. Testimonials. Results that other people can see.

This week, you’re creating your signature AI-assisted project. Something portfolio-worthy. Something you can show people. Something that makes them say, “Wait, how did you do that so quickly?”

Last week, you built something impressive. Your signature AI-assisted project. Something portfolio-worthy that you can actually show people This week you're going to prove it's not a one-off. You're going to measure and document your AI-driven productivity gains

This week, you're turning those habits into a documented system. Not because you need to change what you're doing, but because you need to be able to explain it.

Here's what happens when you document your system:

• You clarify your own thinking. 
• You create something shareable. 
• You prove you're systematic. 

Transitioning from an isolated tool user to a recognised capability leader requires external workflow validation. This episode provides the four-stage framework—Identify, Scope, Deliver, and Capture—to safely clear a peer's administrative block and document real organisational value.

Shift from chaotic manual prompts to structured tool configuration. This episode details how to build a locked, custom assistant (Claude Project or Custom GPT) that holds your company templates, context files, and operational boundaries permanently.