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AI Business Playbook

The AI Business Playbook helps thoughtful corporate professionals build durable career capital in an AI-commoditized world. I skip the "Top 10 ChatGPT prompts" and generic hustle culture. Instead, I deconstruct AI signals from the noise so readers can build real leverage and win back their time. It is written for mid-career professionals, managers, and job seekers who want systems, not trends.

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THE AI BUSINESS PLAYBOOK • Issue: #13 • Read time: 2.5 min ♟️ The Leverage Point Most professionals have been "staying current" on AI for months. But when asked what actually changed in their output? Silence. This week: the one question that closes that gap, and a 20-minute audit to find your real bottleneck. There's a question most professionals aren't asking themselves yet. Not "am I using AI?" but "what actually changed in my output because of it?" Those are very different questions. The...

THE AI BUSINESS PLAYBOOK • Issue: #12 • Read time: 4 min ♟️ The Leverage Point Every time the world speeds up, the smartest people slow down to go digging. The printing press brought the Renaissance. AI is bringing craftsmanship back. And most people are completely missing it. Here's something worth sitting with: we're living through the fastest technological acceleration in recorded history, and the people building the most interesting things are deliberately going backward. Not out of...

THE AI BUSINESS PLAYBOOK • Issue: #11 • Read time: 3.25 min ♟️ The Leverage Point AI made it free to create anything. But the only people winning aren't trying to reach everyone. Here's the one shift that changes how you build. Something I've noticed on LinkedIn, and across every platform right now, is the hate toward "AI slop." Which is funny. Because everyone wants to use AI to speed up their writing. But nobody wants to get caught doing it. So you've got two reactions: people shaming it...

THE AI BUSINESS PLAYBOOK • Issue: #10 • Read time: 4.25 min ⏳ The 2-Year Window The Trap: Most professionals think building a personal brand means posting more content. It doesn't. The Truth: AI will replace broad content first. The only durable career capital is deep, specific, and yours alone. Keep reading to find out what's actually worth building before the window closes. I watched all of Severance without watching a single episode. 22-minute YouTube recap. Commentary included. Told...

THE AI BUSINESS PLAYBOOK • Issue: #09 • Read time: 2 min ♟️ The Leverage Point The Trap: The internet wants you to panic about AI and learn 50 new tools every week to secure your job. The Truth: Businesses are running leaner, which means they don't want prompt engineers. They want radically independent problem solvers. Keep reading to find out how ignoring the news cycle will actually make you the most leveraged person in the room. The illusion of complexity The worst thing you can do for...

THE AI BUSINESS PLAYBOOK • Issue: #08 • Read time: 3.5 min ♟️ The Leverage Point The Trap: Forcing a smile after a job rejection actually hurts your chances of getting hired. The Truth: Behavioral science shows we must process negative emotions to accurately fix broken systems. Keep reading to find out how to weaponize your negative feedback to build a system that lands max-salary offers. Why volume is a trap Getting an automated rejection email on a Tuesday morning hurts. Most people deal...

THE AI BUSINESS PLAYBOOK • Issue: #07 • Read time: 5 min ♟️ Did you know... Many technical pros think the key to building authority is having the most original ideas. They are partially right. But behavioral science shows there is a much simpler biological reason why people choose to trust you. Humans are hardwired to prefer things simply because they see them often. Keep reading to find out how to use this biological glitch to become the obvious choice in your industry. The Familiarity Moat...

THE AI BUSINESS PLAYBOOK • Issue: #06 • Read time: 4 min ♟️ Did you know? The "Rational" move is to quit. If you look at the Pinterest layoffs, the rational move is to shrink. If you look at the AI stats, the rational move is to panic. But the people winning in 2026 aren't rational. They are Delusional. Inside: The 3-Step Protocol to weaponize your belief system and secure leverage in a chaotic market. I used to think tweets like that were a joke.Now, I realize it is the only survival...

THE AI BUSINESS PLAYBOOK • Issue: #05 • Read time: 3.5 min ♟️ Are you committing the 10-Hour Trap? Most people spend 10 hours automating a task that takes 10 minutes to do manually. In this issue, I break down the "Essentialist Audit" to stop you from building agents you don't need—and show you exactly when to delete your code instead of optimizing it. If you've spent more than 5 minutes on X or LinkedIn this last month, then you've seen all the crazy amount of "Clawdbot" posts everyone is...

THE AI BUSINESS PLAYBOOK • Issue: #03 • Read time: 3.5 min I'm going to explain how to build an "Automation Engine" for your career. Why spend time learning this? Because "Hard Work" has diminishing returns. There is a ceiling to how many hours you can work, but there's is no ceiling to how many systems you can build. Unfortunately, most people are trapped in the "Busywork Trap." They spend 40% of their week on low-value tasks: Scheduling meetings Formatting data Sorting emails Most people...