Looking for practical ways to improve decision-making with AI? In this episode, I’ll show business leaders and entrepreneurs how to use AI tools and proven decision-making models to make smarter, faster, and more confident business decisions.

Making big business decisions can feel overwhelming. Move too fast and you risk mistakes. Move too slow and you miss opportunities. In this episode, I’ll show you how to use AI as a thought partner to make faster, smarter, and more confident decisions.

We’ll apply proven decision-making models — including the OODA Loop, Daniel Kahneman’s work on cognitive biases, and Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats — to show how AI can enhance, not replace, your leadership.

By the end, you’ll have practical prompts you can use right away to strengthen your decision-making and stay firmly in the driver’s seat.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How the OODA Loop helps leaders make strategic decisions quickly and effectively

• Why decision-making models like Six Thinking Hats and Kahneman’s heuristics matter — and how AI can help you apply them

• How to use AI as a research assistant, challenger of assumptions, and strategy coach

• The difference between decisions AI can automate (like pricing or fraud detection) and the big, strategic calls that require your judgment

• Why AI is your thought partner, not your replacement
  

Resources & Links:

Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davisonscott/

Most leaders are using AI for low-value tasks like drafting emails, but the real opportunity lies in applying AI to your highest-value leadership responsibilities.

In this episode, I share five core leadership skills that AI can supercharge, helping you think bigger, decide faster, and lead more effectively.

You’ll see exactly how to use AI as a strategic thought partner - not to replace your judgment, but to make you sharper, more informed, and more impactful in every decision.

Whether you’re a CEO, team leader, or business owner, these are practical, high-leverage AI applications you can start using today.

What you’ll learn:

• How AI can help you brainstorm, stress-test, and refine your strategic plans
• Ways to make faster, more confident decisions without “paralysis by analysis”

• How to tailor your vision for different stakeholders with AI-assisted messaging

• Using AI to identify skill gaps, hire smart, and develop your team

00:00 Unlocking AI's Potential for Leadership

01:31 The 5 Core Leadership Skills

02:46 1. Strategic Planning

04:51 2. Decision Making

06:25 3. Communication

08:35 4. People Management

10:13 5. Prioritization: Focusing on What Matters

11:41 Summary and Next Steps

Resources & Links:

• Books: The AI-Driven Leader, by Geoff Woods - https://www.aileadership.com/book  

Continue the discussion

💬  Please drop your thoughts in the comments below. How are you using AI as a leader? Has this changed your perspective?

In this episode, I sit down with Inbal Rodnay, AI implementation expert and author of AI Magic, to walk through a practical, six-step playbook for embedding AI across a business safely, sanely, and with momentum. 

We dig into leadership alignment, smart tool choices, responsible use, and how to turn experiments into real workflows that actually save time.

What you’ll learn

• • A simple six-step arc: align leadership, pick the right tools, build a usable policy, train your team, create momentum, and embed AI into workflows.
  • Why it’s OK (and efficient) to sit a step behind the “explorers” and focus on business value over app-chasing.
  • The “three rings” radar for tools: what to use now, what to watch, and what to ignore as noise.
  • How to run training that sticks: role-specific examples, live demos, and sharing wins/misses in a team channel.
  • Responsible-use basics to include in your AI policy: confidentiality, disclosure, verification, and when to use temporary/no-storage modes.

About my guest

Inbal Rodnay helps professional-service firms and SMBs adopt AI with confidence. Her new book AI Magic distills the process into six clear steps you can start applying today.

Links and References

• Inbal’s website: https://www.inbal.com.au/

• Inbal’s book: AI Magic - 6 Steps to AI Mastery In Your Firm

  
  

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Inbal Rodnay and her journey to AI

06:33 The Six Steps to AI Mastery

06:55 Step 1 - Leadership alignment

09:56 Step 2 -  Tool Selection

13:01 Step 3 - Developing AI Policies

19:50 Step 4 - Training

25:55 Step 5 - Building Momentum

28:06 Step 6 - Innovation Frameworks

31:01 Further discussion on tools

If you're using ChatGPT for your business but still getting generic, AI-sounding output, this episode is for you.

I’ll show you three simple documents you can create (in under 10 minutes) that will dramatically improve the quality, consistency, and relevance of ChatGPT’s responses.

Think of it like onboarding a new staff member. Give ChatGPT your:

1. Tone of Voice – so it sounds like you

2. Ideal Customer Profile – so it writes for your audience

3. Business Plan or Goals – so it understands your strategy
   

I’ll walk you through exactly how to create each one, using prompts you can copy and paste. And to make it real, I demo all three using a fictional brand from a past episode.

Whether you’re running a solo business or managing a team, this is a foundational step for getting real ROI from ChatGPT.

The 3 Promts I used are:

1. "Please help create a tone of voice guide for [insert brand name] What do you need to know to help with this task?"

2. Can you help me write an Ideal Customer Profile for [Insert brand]? Ask me any questions you need to help build it

3. "I'd like to create a one-page business plan for [insert company]. Ask me anything you need to help write it."

Chapters

00:00 Transforming ChatGPT for Business Success

02:12 1. Crafting Your Tone of Voice Document with ChatGPT

07:34 2. Defining Your Ideal Customer Profile with ChatGPT

09:56 3. Creating a One-Page Business Plan with ChatGPT

12:02 How to use these documents to power up ChatGPT

15:00 Wrap up and next steps

16:01 Outro music courtesy of Mupert

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Can you really build a working web app without writing a single line of code?

In this beginner-friendly walkthrough, I put Lovable.dev to the test and show you exactly how I used vibe coding—a term popularised by Andrej Karpathy—to spin up an interactive Seinfeld trivia app in under two hours. 

You’ll see the full workflow, from prompting Lovable’s AI builder to integrating a Supabase database, tweaking UI colours, and fixing game-flow logic… all while staying under the free-tier token limit. 

If you’re curious about AI app builders or looking for a fast prototype tool, this demo is for you.

What you'll learn

1. What “vibe coding” means and why it matters for non-developers

2. Tool comparison: Replit vs Bolt vs Lovable (and why I chose Lovable for this demo) 

3. Building the MVP: user sign-up, quiz logic & leaderboard

4. Live prompt-driven edits (colour change, retry logic)

5. Cost & token tips for Lovable’s free plan 

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Vibe Coding

01:39 What could you build with vibe coding?

03:07 What vibe coding tools are available and which do I recommend?

06:22 My first attempt at vibe coding with Lovable - I built an online Seinfeld Trivia quiz game

10:20 Live demonstration of Lovable.dev

19:04 How to integrate a database with Lovable using supabase

20:36 Final thought - Vibe coding is like a super power. It makes you more creative.

22:28 My way or the AI way Remix - courtsey of Mubert - 5 sec.mp3

Resources and links

• Try my Seinfeld Trivia Quiz (MVP) - https://soup-nazi-challenge.lovable.app

• Sign up to Lovable: https://lovable.dev

• Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davisonscott/ 

In this quick-fire episode, I show you five ways I use ChatGPT every day in my kitchen—from slashing my grocery bill to running a hands-free “audio sous-chef” while I’m at the stove.

If you’ve ever wondered how AI can make cooking cheaper, healthier, and way more fun, you’re in the right place.

What you'll learn:

• Brainstorm dinner & weekly meal plans in seconds (goodbye, “What’s for dinner?” panic).

• Save real money by letting ChatGPT optimise your shopping list and reuse leftovers.

• Cook with confidence: use ChatGPT’s voice mode as a virtual sous-chef that sets timers and answers “Is this done yet?” on the fly.

• Hit your nutrition goals by turning the AI into a personal dietitian.

• Store every winning recipe in a searchable ChatGPT Project so you never lose your favourites again.
  

Chapters

00:00 Introduction — Why use AI in the kitchen?

01:55 1. Brainstorming Dinner Ideas & Meal Plans

03:38 2. Saving Money on Grocery Bills

06:20 3. Virtual Sous-Chef (Audio Mode Demo)

07:41 4. Dietitian / Food Coach Prompts

08:47 5. Virtual Recipe Cloud (ChatGPT Projects)

11:04 Summary & Takeaways

12:14 My Way or the AI Way Remix (5 sec)

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#ChatGPT #KitchenHacks #SaveMoney #MealPlanning

Ever wished you could ping Richard Branson for business advice at 6 a.m. or have Gordon Ramsay critique tonight’s dinner?

In this episode, I show you exactly how to create a digital clone of any famous thinker and keep them on call inside ChatGPT.

You’ll watch me demo my Mark Manson-style coach and get my three-step framework (plus copy-and-paste prompts) to build your own.

What you’ll learn

• The “Voice Bible” method I use to capture an expert’s tone, principles, and quirks—so your clone sounds uncannily real.
• How a short user-profile prompt lets your AI mentor tailor every answer to you.
• A start-to-finish walkthrough of the Custom GPT builder—no coding, just smart prompts.
• Pro tips for running multiple gurus side-by-side (and even @-mentioning them in the same chat).
• Why “cloning” isn’t sci-fi—it’s just large language models predicting what your hero would say next.
  

Resources

1. Voice Bible Prompt – generates a concise persona doc for any expert.
2. User-Profile Prompt – ten questions that build a 200-word bio GPT can learn from.
3. Custom GPT Setup Script – the exact instructions I paste into the builder.
   

Grab all three in the free Google Doc here:  

Try it & let me know 

Who are you going to clone? Let me know in the comments. 

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to AI Coaching

00:53 Where the idea for a Pocket Guru came from

05:19 The 3 Step process I used to create a Pocket Guru (Custom GPT)

06:55 Demo - how my Mark Manson GPT works

11:52 Demo - how to build your custom GPT

20:21 Final thoughts and encouragement

21:21 My way or the AI way Remix - courtsey of Mubert - 5 sec.mp3

Students and curious learners, buckle up. In this solo walkthrough, I share my end-to-end AI study workflow, from finding credible sources to locking them into memory, using two free tools you can start with today:

• Perplexity.ai – the research power-house that surfaces sources and cites them.

Chapters

00:00  Introduction – How AI can super-charge your learning skills

01:00  Perplexity.ai – Researching any topic

04:56  Notebook LM – Reading, retaining & understanding information

09:21  Demo: Notebook LM’s audio function

10:22  Overview of other Notebook LM features

14:09  Visual aids & mind-mapping

14:31  The future of AI in learning

16:20  “My Way or the AI Way” remix (courtesy of Mubert)

Resources and Links

• Perplexity.ai (free) → https://www.perplexity.ai

• Notebook LM (Google beta) → https://notebook.google.com/lm 
• Huberman Lab episode on Study Protocols for learning & memory → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddq8JIMhz7c

Key Take-aways

• Context is king: richer prompts = richer answers.
• Audio + active recall beats passive reading.
• The Research, Reading and Revision steps are merging into one AI-assisted loop—and early adopters win.

👉 Try It & Tell Me

Put the workflow to the test on your next big topic (exam, project, hobby) and DM me on LinkedIn: Which part saved you the most time?

If you need the prompt pack or slide deck, just ask - happy to share.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davisonscott/

I share the step-by-step process I followed to reduce my annual car-insurance premium by $472 in less than 30 minutes.

After walking through the personal example, I outline how AI can also assist with more complex business negotiations, from supplier contracts to six-figure SaaS renewals.

With AI as your partner, there is no excuse to go into any negotiation unprepared. 

• Turning ChatGPT into a policy analyst – how I asked the model to review my renewal documents and highlight every potential saving.

• Building a like-for-like market comparison – the prompt that produced a clear table of alternative quotes from seven insurers.

• Preparing a concise negotiation script – the structure ChatGPT suggested for my opening request, follow-up questions, and closing statement.

• Implications for comparison websites – why instant, AI-driven analysis may change how we shop for insurance and other services.

• Simple privacy safeguards – the setting changes you should make before sharing any personal document with an LLM.

• Applying professional negotiation models to larger deals – mapping the process to frameworks such as Harvard Principled Negotiation, the Seven-Elements checklist and the Toulmin Model
  

• My LinkedIn thread detailing this insurance exercise:https://www.linkedin.com/posts/davisonscott_lucky-im-with-ai-this-morning-my-carinsurance-activity-7342768444305567744-omww
  

Let's continue the discussion

Have you used AI to reduce a household bill or improve a business deal? I’d enjoy hearing your experience. Connect with me on LinkedIn or post your comments below. 

Chapters

00:00 Introduction - how i saved $472 on car insurance using AI

03:11 Step 1: review your current policy

05:39 Step 2: conduct a market comparison using AI

07:50 Step 3:  Summarise key negotiation points and competitor rate, including a sample script

08:15 Step 4:  get on the phone and negotiate a better price. 

09:46 What does this mean for comparison sites?

10:14 How to protect your privacy

12:16 How to use AI for complex business deals and contract negotiation

18:50 My way or the AI way Remix - courtsey of Mubert - 5 sec.mp3

In this episode, I dive into OpenAI’s new report, “Identifying and Scaling AI Use Cases” and break its insights down into six practical buckets any business can use:

1. Content Creation – the starting point for most of us.

2. Research – lightning-fast competitor intel and market sizing.

3. Coding – from dev productivity to “vibe-coding” for non-coders.

4. Data Analysis – an on-demand data analyst in your pocket.

5. Ideation & Strategy – my favourite AI brainstorm partner.

6. Automations – the not-so-sexy time-saver that points straight to AI agents.

Along the way, I share how I’m already using each bucket in my consulting work, plus a quick review of Gamma.app, the AI presentation builder I used to create the slides that kept this episode on track.

If you’re wondering where to start with AI, or where to go next, this framework will help you spot the gaps and the opportunities.

• “Primitives” explained: why thinking in fundamental tasks (not job titles) makes AI adoption easier.

• Real-world examples for marketing, sales, product, HR and finance

• Personal stories of the time, money and creative boost I’m already seeing.

• Why automations (and soon, autonomous agents) might be the biggest win of all.

  
  

References:

* Gamma.app (AI Presentation builder) https://gamma.app/ 

* Open AI Report: https://cdn.openai.com/business-guides-and-resources/identifying-and-scaling-ai-use-cases.pdf 

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the six Business Use Cases for AI

03:25 1. Content Creation

05:50 2. Research

07:59 3. Coding

11:04 4. Data Analysis

12:48 5. Ideation & Strategy

14:29 6. Automations

17:46 My way or the AI way Remix - courtsey of Mubert - 5 sec.mp3