01732 759725 33 PRODUCTIVITY magazine business stuff, the North Star, the exploratory stuff, the big picture. As much as I can, I use something like AI to increase productivity generally, to get everything that absolutely has to be done done so that it doesn’t bleed into the rest of my day. We all know that something will take as long as you give it, and squeezing the most out of that with good tools is incredibly important.” She recommends disrupting established routines as a good starting point for AI adoption. “We get very comfortable with the way that we do things every day, so you have to create that disruption. Almost every single time I think ‘Ugh, I don’t want to spend 10 minutes doing that or 20 minutes doing that or 30 minutes doing that’, I realise there is a way that AI could do it. If I am in a rush and my approval is needed for something which requires me to read a big block of text, I could put that into ChatGPT and break it down into bullet points and get highlight actions. Or I could use ChatGPT to turn meeting notes into actions or to present data from the truth. The true definition of productivity is to get the most out of the least amount of time and to be able to spend time doing the things that only you can do or that you really enjoy doing, whether that’s work or not. As a founder, you can end up spending a lot of time in the weeds of things that just need to be sorted, leaving very little time to do the Anatoliy Polyanker agrees that the penetration of AI is growing rapidly but added that adoption levels vary significantly. “In occupations like software development, creative professionals, journalists, we see people already integrating AI into their workflows. They are gaining time and the quality of output is improving. At the same time, we have millions and millions of less tech-savvy people for whom AI, even ChatGPT, is overwhelming. These people want more intuitive solutions and simplicity. They don’t want to have to move from their email or word processing app into ChatGPT and back again. This is where technology companies can play a role, by making experiences more intuitive. That was one of the reasons we created AI Prompt Builder. It’s a tool that helps you quickly activate the overlay in your email or in your presentation and gives you simple prompt options – summarise, replace, respond to mail. Many people appreciate that simplicity.” Disrupt your routine Grace Beverley suggests that people have a responsibility to start using AI and need to be proactive in learning new skills that can enable them to be more productive. “A lot of people associate productivity with more work. For me, that could not be further continued... Meet the panellists Moderator Viviane Paxinos: CEO of AllBright, the career network for women. Panellists Grace Beverley: Entrepreneur, changemaker and digital broadcaster. Founder of Retrograde, an AI alternative to talent management, as well as fashion brand Tala, fitness tech brand Shreddy and personal productivity business The Productivity Method. Amelia Kallman: Leading futurist, speaker and author, specialising in emerging and future opportunities, trends and risks. Recently named one of the top 20 world leading futurist speakers and one of the top 25 Women in the Metaverse. Anatoliy Polyanker: VP and GM of Logitech MX, creator of workplace solutions for creative professionals, software developers, data analysts and other advanced computer users.
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