Most companies are announcing AI strategies and running pilots that go nowhere. Meanwhile, individuals using AI every day are quietly getting 10x leverage on their work, and the gap is widening.

The real story isn't about tools or models. It's about people, habits, resistance, and what it actually takes to build a culture where AI creates compounding value.

In this episode of AI, Actually, host Pete Reilly is joined by Mike Finley, Nicole Kosky, and new AnswerRocket team member Michelle Hamilton, Director of AI Adoption and Change Management, for a candid conversation on how to move past fear, shadow AI, unused licenses, and the "is this going to replace me?" question that's quietly stalling enterprise adoption everywhere.

You'll learn:

• Why a people-first approach to AI matters more than which model you pick
• How to use "meta prompting" to get dramatically better outputs across any model
• What a personal AI "corpus" is and why it becomes your most valuable competitive asset
• Why the most successful AI adopters are building tools, not just using tools
• How to think about the crawl/walk/run framework for individuals and organizations
• What forward deployed engineers are and why everyone can be one now

This episode is designed for: Business leaders, team managers, and anyone who knows they should be using AI more but isn't sure where to start.

AnswerRocket: https://answerrocket.com/

Speakers:

• Nicole Kosky, Senior Director of Services, AnswerRocket | https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-kosky-5b9a3b6/
• Mike Finley, CTO, AnswerRocket  - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikefinley/ 
• Pete Reilly, COO, AnswerRocket - https://www.linkedin.com/in/petereilly 
• Michelle Hamilton, Director, AI Adoption and Change Management - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellehamiltonai/ 

Chapters: 

00:00 Navigating the AI Landscape

01:25     Embracing a People-First Approach to AI

05:45     Tools and Techniques for AI Adoption

08:36     Meta Prompting and Leveraging AI Models

11:38     The Challenge of Change in AI Integration

14:33     Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing in AI

17:06     Empowering Non-Technical Users with AI

20:18     The Future of AI and Human Collaboration

27:58     Using AI for Office Tasks

33:18     The Role of AI in Education

36:42     Evolving Workflows with AI

45:35     Getting Started with AI

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