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Before this Space

Trying different AI tools without knowing which task to tackle first
Repeating instructions and correcting the same kinds of output
Hearing about agents without knowing how to use one yourself
Wondering whether an answer is good enough to use

With this Space

Choose a practical skill or project that fits the work you want to do
Follow a researched Blueprint with the important decisions and checks already set out
Build your understanding through courses, examples and guided practice
Know what to check, what to keep under your control and what to try next

Why this Space exists

Learn the subject. Put it into practice.

Start with the skill you want to learn or the problem you want to work on. Courses explain the subject, Blueprints guide practical work, and short Briefings help with the decisions along the way.

Find a useful starting point

Explore the skills and recurring problems relevant to this area of work.

Build your understanding

Use explanations, examples and checks to make your own decisions with more confidence.

Choose how to learn

Study a course in depth, follow a practical Blueprint or use a Briefing for a focused explanation.

Guided Boards

Boards bring the work and learning into order. Explore guided projects in The AI Authority, see the steps, and know what you are working towards.

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Guided project

Reach Inbox Zero with a Daily AI Assistant

Connect your Gmail or work Outlook to Claude, ChatGPT Work or Grok, paste one prompt, say yes three times, and let your AI file the routine mail every morning while people, money and decisions stay in front of you. Three steps: a short course to get connected, one Blueprint you paste once, and a 15-minute check after two or three mornings. If IT will not approve the connection, an optional course gets you the same rules and routine with Outlook's own folders and Rules.

3 core steps2 optional

Also available on its ownUS$47 once, includes 90 days of the Space

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Guided project

Build My First Repeatable AI Workflow

A practical starter path for turning scattered AI use into one repeatable, reviewable work system. The learner chooses a recurring task, captures the judgement behind it, builds a reusable AI workflow or rulebook, adds trust checks, and packages the result so it can be reused safely.

7 learning items

Also available on its ownUS$39 once, includes 90 days of the Space

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Explore what is inside

Find your next useful skill or project.

Explore the courses and practical resources available in this Space. Choose what fits your work, then go deeper when you need to.

Published examples from this Space

A read-only rail of recent member-safe cards: blockers, briefings, courses, blueprints, and Pulse updates.

Mixed recent examplesPulseBlockerCourseBriefingBlueprint

Pulse

Pulse 9 Sept

Zapier folds standalone Agents into normal Zaps

Zapier is folding standalone Agents into AI by Zapier steps inside the main Zap editor. Converted agents keep prompt, tools, and reasoning but gain filters, branching, history, approvals, and admin control. Reliability still depends on fixed inputs, review gates, and handling…

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Blocker

Ready 8 Sept

I have thousands of emails and I'm scared something important is buried

Busy Outlook and Gmail users with huge inboxes fear one client request, deadline or record is lost in noise. Bulk delete and extra folders feel unsafe. A daily method must show what stayed visible, what moved, and how to undo it.

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Pulse

Pulse 9 Sept

Google spreads Gemini custom instructions across Gmail Sheets Slides Drive and Chat

Gemini custom instructions now apply beyond Docs to Gmail, Sheets, Slides, Drive, and Chat. Workspace users set lasting tone, style, and formatting preferences once so recurring AI tasks stay consistent without retyping rules in each app.

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Blocker

Ready 8 Sept

I can use AI chat, but I don't know how to give an AI agent real work without losing control

Non-technical managers who already use AI chat lose confidence when agents plan, touch sources, change files and request access. Capability checks, canaries, approvals and receipts keep task boundaries and final judgement visible on one bounded job.

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Pulse

Pulse 8 Sept

Long AI jobs still need human intervention

OpenAI reports that over half of successful four-to-eight-hour coding-agent tasks still needed at least one human intervention. Longer runs can look hands-off while progress continues, so teams should define review checkpoints, ownership of judgment, and escalation criteria…

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Course

Ready 8 Sept

Run Your Inbox Daily Without Connecting Your Email to AI

Professionals blocked from linking work mail to AI still get six filing rules from inbox screenshots, then build two folders, categories, Sweep and native Rules in Outlook or Gmail, plus a ten-minute morning routine and a rules doc ready for later AI handoff.

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Pulse

Pulse 7 Sept

Gemini carries custom instructions across more Workspace apps

Google is extending persistent Gemini custom instructions from Docs to Drive, Chat, Gmail, Sheets and Slides. Preferences for tone and format carry across apps; users still own review of outputs against team standards.

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Blocker

Ready 8 Sept

I clear some email, but tomorrow's inbox takes over again

Clearing a burst of email fails when nothing decides where tomorrow’s mail goes. Six plain rules, a first filed batch the user approves, and a morning job file routine mail while people, money and decisions stay in the inbox.

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Pulse

Pulse 2 Sept

Microsoft adds file-creation agents to Copilot with admin controls

Microsoft documents Word, Excel and PowerPoint creation agents in the Copilot app. They need a paid Copilot licence and an enabled Anthropic model connection. Admins can block the provider; Work IQ limits retrieval to the user’s permitted content and stores files in tenant…

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Briefing

Ready 2 Sept

Keep Your Inbox Under Control

After a few automated morning runs, professionals review AI inbox summaries, approve or reject proposed rule changes, tune learning and Action-tag settings, and keep the scheduled job aligned so filing stays accurate without silent drift.

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Pulse

Pulse 1 Sept

Anthropic makes agent evaluations stop on sandbox escape

Anthropic paused external cyber evaluations after models reached real systems through third-party test environments. Its revised process uses no-internet sandboxes, explicit scope, pre-run escape checks, and monitors that can block actions and end runs.

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Course

Ready 7 Sept

Connect Your Email to Your AI

Busy professionals connect Gmail or work Outlook to Claude, ChatGPT Work or Grok in about 30 minutes. The course covers safe consent, one chat for the whole Board, one proof question on newest mail, and clear limits: the assistant never sends or deletes email.

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Pulse

Pulse 1 Sept

Microsoft details what Copilot can access and retain

Microsoft’s Copilot guidance states workplace AI only reaches data users already can access. Admins set approved agents, external data reach and Purview retention for prompts and responses, so permission hygiene drives safe AI rollout.

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Blocker

Ready 27 Aug

I spend hours fixing AI drafts that miss what leadership actually wants

Mid-career managers get fast AI first drafts but still spend hours fixing facts, tone, trade-offs, and unstated leadership context. That judgment lives in scattered notes, chats, decks, and memory tools cannot see, so drafts are not leadership-ready.

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Pulse

Pulse 1 Sept

Notion agents can now work inside your pages and wait for approval

Notion agents now act on pages and databases under existing permissions, with schedules, activity logs, and approve-each-edit mode. Context stays in-workspace instead of paste-into-chat, shifting effort to clean structure, ownership, and repeatable human review gates.

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Briefing

Ready 27 Aug

Check Client AI Drafts Before You Send

Consultants risk mixing one client’s details into another’s AI draft. A visible one-client context pack, safe AI surface, and pre-send fact check keep boundaries clear and cut cross-client leaks before send.

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Pulse

Pulse 31 Aug

Agents need a route to ask for judgment

Longer-running AI agents need defined moments to seek human approval, expertise, and judgment. Escalation points preserve decisions that need context or authority while agents handle low-risk repetitive work, closing the gap between task lists and final review.

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Course

Ready 1 Sept

How to Use AI Agents at Work: Get AI to Do Real Work Without Losing Control

Professionals brief an AI agent with five files, get a finished summary, then limit access, inspect the plan, steer work, verify results, and turn the method into a tested read-only weekday brief that can be scheduled when allowed.

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Blueprint

Ready 2 Sept

Run Your Inbox Daily With AI

One prompt in a connected Claude, ChatGPT or Grok chat reads 50 newest messages, proposes six filing rules and a strategy, files a sized first batch after yes, then installs a morning job that carries those rules and improves from mail the user moves back.

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Pulse

Pulse 28 Aug

Google tests model benchmarks without revealing questions

Google DeepMind is piloting double-blind evaluations of Gemini Flash Lite with external partners. Confidential computing keeps prompts and weights private so scores cannot be tuned to the exam, strengthening evidence for workplace AI pilots and procurement.

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Research-to-solution example

See one blocker become a decision, a path, and an asset.

The carousel shows the breadth. This route shows how one researched blocker turns into briefing-level context, guided practice, and a reusable blueprint.

Example depth

One complete route from 13 mapped blockers.

Source to solution

One blocker becomes practical help in three formats.

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Blocker

Start with the problem