Today’s episode was recorded fresh off a spectacular morning hike with Kirsty Lewis — someone I’ve technically known since 2018 but only met IRL for the first time today!

Kirsty runs the School of Facilitation in the UK, and she’s visiting Australia after a facilitation gig in Manila. So we hit the Macchu Picchu trail (not really, but it felt epic), talked facilitation, pricing, and how we both have stacks of unused IP sitting quietly in Google Drive purgatory.

Here’s what came up:

• What it’s like finally meeting someone in-person you’ve worked with for years online
• The “starving facilitator” mindset — why we often sacrifice ourselves for the group
• Why we hoard great ideas in Google Docs and never do anything with them
• My half-baked but exciting experiment connecting ChatGPT to Google Drive and Gmail
• How AI agents could actually help you unearth patterns, generate IP, or even schedule your next dentist appointment 😳
• New asset library idea: A searchable, anonymized database of all my past workshop run sheets
• What happens when you give AI access to your email, calendar, and docs—and what that could mean for your next book or business strategy

Kirsty and I covered SO much—honestly, I should’ve just hit record on the trail. But hopefully this solo debrief gives you a taste of our convo and sparks your own ideas for leveraging what you’ve already created.

If you’ve got Google Docs filled with brilliance, maybe it's time to dust them off… or better yet, let AI do it for you.

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