Getting Productive with AI

This practical session moves beyond individual task assistance to equip you with the skills to redesign entire workflows with AI. You will learn to distinguish between task-level and process-level AI use, evaluate where human oversight should sit, and design multi-step AI workflows for realistic scenarios. By the end, you will have a concrete 7-day action plan to transform how work flows through your team.

• Distinguish between task-level AI and process-level agentic AI workflows​
• Evaluate where human oversight should sit using the Human-in-the-Loop Continuum​ 
• Design a multi-step AI workflow for a realistic workplace scenario​
• Commit to actions supported by tools that will drive productivity gains 

• The Uncomfortable Truth: why AI adoption fails to deliver real gains​
• Three Productivity Traps: Automation Tax, Productivity Theatre, Acceleration Trap​
• The Agentic Shift: from Copilot to Autopilot (three levels of AI use)​ 
• The Human-in-the-Loop Continuum: In, On, Over, and Out​ 
• Case study: scaling AI workflows and diagnosing failure points​ 
• Workflow Design Sprint: multi-step AI workflows with human checkpoints​ 
• Tensions, trade-offs, and three design rules for productive automation​ 
• Slope vs Hockey Stick: redesigning work for exponential gains​ 
• 7-Day Commitment: a practical action plan with peer accountability