Have you tried asking ChatGPT to write an email and got back something so painfully formal it made you cringe? Or maybe it was so vague your recipient probably thought you'd had a personality transplant? Most people are absolutely butchering AI email writing. But here's the thing: it's not the AI's fault. It's yours. The real problem (and it's not what you think). Everyone obsesses over the actual writing bit, but that's not where most people stuff up. The real issue? Context. Think about it:...

AI is supposed to make us smarter, but most of us are using it like a glorified cheerleader. We ask it to do something, it does exactly what we say without question, and we walk away thinking we're geniuses. But the most valuable thing AI can do isn't agreeing with us - it's challenging us. The cognitive laziness trap. We humans are designed to be cognitively lazy. It's not a character flaw – it's survival. If we analysed every single decision and pattern, we'd run out of mental energy before...

An important AI announcement before getting into things: Here's what I'm seeing in the AI research: There are two types of people emerging. Those who are fluent in AI (saving 10+ hours every week with clever strategies), and those who are just dabbling with prompts they found on LinkedIn, thinking they've mastered it (FYI: they haven't). The gap between these groups is growing faster than the queue for coffee at St Ali in South Melbourne, and if you have no idea what this reference means,...