The Missing Layer in AI Adoption

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Knowledge base

“Writing With AI Is Harder Than You Think” by Katie Parrott/Working Overtime: The discourse about AI and writing generally assumes prompt in, text out, done. Katie Parrott shows her much more involved process: an agent that interviews her before she writes a word, a back-and-forth on her structure that she has to fight for, a panel of AI critics named Hemingway and Hitchcock, and a last read that flags anything that sounds machine-generated. Read this because successful AI writing demands more judgment, not less.

“Your Best AI Strategy Starts at the Top” by Natalia Quintero and Mike Taylor: Most executives approach AI like a software purchase—evaluate, compare features, and plug in. Natalia Quintero and Mike Taylor see it differently: Using AI is people management, not platform adoption. You delegate clearly, check the output, and supply the judgment the model doesn’t have. Read this for the five concrete actions senior leaders can take to increase AI adoption within their companies.