Something shifted for me recently around AI. And not in a small “oh cool, that’s helpful” kind of way. More like… oh. Ohhh. This is bigger than I thought.
Because if you listened to the previous episode, you know I talked about finally going all in on AI this year and just how much my thinking around it has changed already. But this episode really took it to another level.
I got to be part of Josh’s first live AI workshop, and we had people in the room at every stage. Total beginners, people who’d been dabbling for a while, and people using ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini… basically every day.
And honestly? The thing that struck me wasn’t the technology.
It was people’s faces.
It was watching those little moments happen in real time where you could almost see somebody thinking, wait… hang on… what?! Like realizing there was this whole other level available that they genuinely had no idea existed.
Because most of us are still using AI as an advisor. We type something in, read what comes back, copy it, paste it somewhere, and then go do all the work ourselves. We’re still the glue holding everything together.
But this workshop was about something very different. AI that actually acts. Connected to your tools, your systems, your workflows. Organising things, moving things, building things, completing tasks on your behalf.
And watching that happen live, in real time, genuinely felt like a wake-up moment for me.
So in this episode, I’m walking you through the six demos that genuinely blew my mind, and why I keep coming back to this thought: the people who thrive with AI won’t necessarily be the most technical.
They’ll be the most intentional.
What You’ll Learn:
- The difference between AI that advises versus AI that actually acts on your behalf
- The six live demos Josh ran that changed how I see AI completely (and what each one means for your business)
- Why your AI workflows are really just SOPs in disguise, and how you get AI to write them for itself
- Why being organised and knowing yourself matters more right now than any technical skill
- The mindset shift that changes everything: from AI as a chatbot you talk to, to a system that works for you
Key Takeaways:
There are two ways AI can work for you, and most people are stuck in the first one. Most people are still in the “AI advisor” phase. They ask questions, get outputs, and manually execute the work themselves. The next level is AI in action: connected systems, workflows, integrations, and automation that actually move tasks forward for you.
Your workflows are just text files in folders. That’s it. Plain English instructions saved as a file. You don’t write them yourself, you do a task with AI, get it to the place you want, then say “make this a skill.” The AI writes its own instructions, it gets better every time you use it, and you’re not locked into any one platform.
Start slow and be intentional. AI will do things a person never would, and that’s not always a good thing. Someone asked their AI to organise their desktop and lost 20 years of photos. Always have a backup. Test on a small date range first. Understand what you’ve given it access to before you let it run. This is what separates people who benefit from AI from people who get burned by it.
The people getting the most from AI aren’t the most technical, they’re the most thoughtful. They’ve taken the time to understand what they want done, what their time is worth, and they’re systematically handing tasks off. That shift from AI as a tool you use to a system that works for you is available to anyone willing to think it through first.
Key Resources:
Join the AI Workshops with Josh and learn how to actually use AI in your business, not just dabble in it (even if you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to start)
Come across to @nataliesisson on Instagram or find me on LinkedIn, Natalie Sisson, and tell me this: where do you think AI could take you over the next 12 months if you really leaned into these skills?”
A little reminder: The limiting factor isn’t the technology. It was never the technology.
It’s knowing what you want. How your brain works. What your time is actually worth. And being willing to hand things off once you’ve thought it through.
Get clear on that, and AI becomes one of the most powerful things you’ve ever given yourself access to.