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Why "Doing" is the Only AI Strategy That Matters, with Noelle Russell


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"AI readiness in my book is a set of principles, and those principles are pretty simple. One, you are now in a world where you can be a doer, not a talker." โ€” ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€

As automation strips away the tasks of our jobs, we are entering a Great Repurpose where our value shifts from what we ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ to who we ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. Noelle Russell shows us how to use AI not just as a tool, but as an amplifier for our unique human lived experiences.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†

Noelle Russell was there at the start of Alexa, as one of the first ten employees on the Amazon team helping bring it to life. Motivated by a desire to create a kinder world for her son, who was born with Down Syndrome, Noelle has spent 25 years at tech giants like AWS and Microsoft. Today, she runs the ๐—”๐—œ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ, where she champions responsible AI and helps individuals become single-person unicorns by amplifying their work through intelligent agents.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ

โ€ข ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: Decouple your self-worth from your daily tasks; when AI automates the doing, your value lies in your integrity, critical thinking, and empathy.

โ€ข ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ "๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜" ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ: Before consuming content (doom-scrolling), commit to producing something that educates, informs, or entertains.

โ€ข ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—น๐˜†๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น: Use AI to handle the bane of your existence (like scheduling and inboxes) so you can focus on the high-value work only you can do.

โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: Your history as a caregiver, parent, or divergent thinker is a superpower; it allows you to guide AI models with more patience and better questions.

โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ "๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น": Don't just talk about AI; build a prototype. Use tools to visualize the backlog of ideas you once thought were impossible.

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

โ€ข [๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ] The Crisis of Meaning: Tying work to worth in the age of automation.

โ€ข [๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ] The Great Repurpose: Rediscovering who you are outside of your job description.

โ€ข [๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ] Crafting a Career: How Noelleโ€™s journey as a caregiver shaped her approach to tech.

โ€ข [๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฏ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ] Baby Tiger Mode: The danger of falling in love with AI models without leadership.

โ€ข [๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ] Single-Person Unicorns: How Noelle uses 32 agents to amplify her business.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜

โ€ข AI Leadership Institute: https://aileadershipinstitute.com/

โ€ข I Love AI: https://www.skool.com/iloveai/about

โ€ข The AI Salon: https://aisalon.mn.co/

โ€ข She Leads AI: https://she-leads-ai.mn.co/

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ

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AI Readiness ProjectBy Anne Murphy and Kyle Shannon