You know, the most surprising thing I think about
this whole AI moment isn't really the tech itself.
It's it's the corporate paralysis. It's just
it's everywhere. You see these huge multibillion
dollar companies. They know they need AI, but
they're just frozen, absolutely stuck trying
to actually implement it. And they are desperate,
truly desperate for people inside who can champion
this stuff. That paralysis, that kind of organizational
chaos, it's actually creating maybe this. single
biggest opportunity for individual leadership
we've seen in, what, a decade. And the money
side is just, it's undeniable, isn't it? I mean,
the source material we looked at shows workers
who already have these AI skills, they're commanding
a 56 % wage premium. 56%, that's huge. It's staggering.
So today we're going to deep dive into the exact
90 -day strategy you can use to grab that kind
of advantage. Welcome to the Deep Dive, everyone.
Look, you came here because you want quick, solid
knowledge, right? And today we're laying out
a strategic blueprint for how to thrive, really
thrive in this AI age. Our focus is this proven
three -phase, 90 -day playbook. It's actually
used by top consultants to create what they call
AI generalists inside companies. Okay, so here's
the plan. We'll start by mapping out this massive
opportunity and the talent vacuum that exists
right now. Then we'll break down the four essential
AI powers. you need to understand. Maybe not
master all at once, but definitely understand.
See the whole board, yeah. Exactly. And finally,
we'll walk you through the three 30 -day phases,
how you go from being a standard employee to
someone who's genuinely irreplaceable, an internal
leader. All right, let's get into it. Let's unpack
this climb. Okay, segment one. The irreplaceable
opportunity in this talent vacuum. Let's start
with what the blueprint calls the scary truth.
And yeah, AI is coming for a lot of repetitive
jobs. We can't ignore that. That's the headline
fear, right? Right. But the secret opportunity,
the bit people are missing, is that the company
is trying to implement AI, you know, big names,
NBA teams, Fortune 500s. They're totally paralyzed.
Totally. They're really struggling to operationalize
it, to make it work. day to day at scale. They
need guidance. And they figured out that, you
know, external consultants, they can only take
you so far. Right. Real lasting change has to
come from people inside the teams. So this internal
mess, it creates this huge opening for anyone
willing to step up and actually lead the charge
on implementation. It really does sound like
a wide open door. And the data backs it up, right?
This talent vacuum. Only about one in 10 workers
actually have the AI skills companies are desperate
for. Just one in 10. That gap is enormous. And
what's interesting is how, you know, really respected
thinkers have basically validated this exact
approach. Like think about Naval Ravikant. His
core advice is pretty simple. Brush up on AI,
use it, play with it, tinker, then go reapply
for your own job. He literally said, you'll watch
them pull you in. Yeah, I see the historical
parallel there. It happened with the internet,
didn't it? Then mobile, then social media. The
people inside who got it early, they dominated
those transitions. This AI shift feels like exactly
that same kind of moment for adoption leaders.
Beat. But I got to ask, if the answer is just,
you know, find internal leaders, why are companies
still so stuck? What's the real hurdle? I think
the single biggest hurdle is realizing transformation
can't just be outsourced. It really needs that
internal expertise to stick. Okay, internal expertise.
That makes sense. Which leads us to segment two,
the AI generalist framework, these four powers.
Right. So to actually step into that leadership
role, you need to adopt this specific identity,
the AI generalist. Okay, hold on. Generalist.
That sounds good. But doesn't that usually mean
you're kind of OK at a lot of things, but not
really great at anything? A jack of all trades.
Yeah, that's the common worry. I get it. But
this blueprint defines the generalist differently.
It's not about being a deep expert in everything.
It's more like being a modern polymath, part
developer, part designer, part writer, part automation
guru. You see the whole chessboard. It's the
winning approach when things are changing super
fast. Think like the adaptable raccoon versus
the specialist panda. OK, I like that analogy.
The generalist. survives the chaos because they
understand the four fundamental powers that AI
give you. That distinction generalist thing,
the whole board versus specialists in a silo,
that seems key. So let's list them. What are
these four powers we need to understand? Okay.
Power number one, the power to create. This is
all about generating professional level media
images, video, even polished audio. just from
text prompts. Wow. Think about using tools like
Sora AI or Mid Journey. Yeah. When you can whip
up pro content in minutes, your value just shoots
up. Right. Okay, power two. The power to connect.
This is using AI to boost your communication.
Make it clearer, faster. We're talking crafting
really compelling copy, creating perfect documentation,
delivering persuasive arguments, using advanced
tools like maybe Poppy AI, going way beyond just
basic chat GPT. Gotcha. Power three. Power to
automate. Now, this is probably your biggest
force multiplier. This is where you create AI
agents, build workflows using no code tools,
basically eliminating repetitive stuff. You're
building your own little 24 -7 digital workforce.
Okay. Key tools here are things like Make .com,
Zapier, maybe Relevance AI for building those
personal agents. And the last one, Power 4. The
power to build. This means creating simple software,
custom tools, without writing code. Building
your own dashboards, internal apps to solve those
unique little problems that off -the -shelf software...
just can't touch you might look at tools like
lovable or bolt here okay create connect automate
build yeah and that adaptability is crucial to
specialists they just see their little area the
generalist connects the dots they see how oh
the create power over in marketing could feed
an automate workflow over in finance i have to
admit i still wrestle sometimes with getting
the ai to you know stay on track, that prompt
drift thing, even with the easier tools. So how
do you avoid getting totally overwhelmed trying
to learn four complex things so quickly? That's
the key insight. Yeah. You only need to truly
master one primary power first, then you build
out the others as needed. That keeps it manageable.
Okay. Master one, then build. That makes sense.
Let's move to phase one then. Days one to 30.
Master your domain. So phase one, this is your
foundation, right? Days one through 30, the mission
seems really crisp. Get twice as good at your
current job and do it without asking permission.
Exactly. And the key metric here, the measurable
goal is vital. Free up five to 10 hours of your
week. That documented time saving, that's your
strategic war chest for what comes next. You're
proving it to yourself first. Okay. But let's
be real for a second. Five to 10 hours a week,
freed up in 30 days. And when you're already
swamped, that sounds like a huge ask. What's
the biggest roadblock people hit in phase one?
It really comes down to a mindset shift. Yeah.
You absolutely have to break that old employee
mindset. Yeah. You know, waiting for somebody
to give you a step -by -step guide. Right. If
there isn't a perfect tutorial for your specific
problem, you got to figure it out. You bridge
that gap yourself. Show some initiative. And
the blueprint says focus your learning based
on your role, right, to maximize impact quickly.
So for marketing, folks. Yeah, for marketing,
the advice is focus on create plus connect. Get
good with tools like maybe Sora for visual content
and something like Poppy AI to keep your brand
voice totally consistent everywhere. Okay. And
if you're in sales? Fails. Focus hard on automate.
Build yourself a little research agent. Maybe
using Relevance AI to scrape LinkedIn automatically
or generate prospect reports. That buys you back
hours for actually selling. Makes sense. What
about finance or operations? For finance ops,
it's automate plus build. Get really good at
using ChatGPT for data analysis and learn a no
-code app builder like Lovable or BERT to create
those custom dashboards or trackers you always
wished you had. Solve those immediate reporting
headaches. So there's a pattern here for everyone
in phase one. Definitely. Master the basic tools.
Everyone's using ChatGPT, Cloud, Grok, whatever.
Pick your main power based on your job. And then
just apply it immediately. The success metric,
the thing you need by day 30. is that documented
list proving you save five to 10 hours a week.
How crucial is nailing that time -saving metric
in phase one? Oh, it's absolutely critical because
that documented proof, those saved hours, become
your leverage for phases two and three. Okay,
that proof is your ticket to the next stage.
Let's talk about phases two and three. Going
from contributor to leader, the checkmate. Right.
Phase two, days 30 to 60. This is where you shift
focus. You move beyond just making yourself more
efficient, and you start hunting for bottlenecks
that affect your whole team. Your mission, find
one painful, repetitive problem that everyone
on the team hates and solve it. So you become
kind of like a detective, listening for those
complaints, the tasks everyone groans about,
the reports that take forever, the mind -numbing
data entry. Exactly. Those complaints are gold
mines. Find one that's high impact for the team,
but relatively low complexity for you to build
a solution for. And the blueprint mentions a
crucial step here. Build the bridge. What's that
mean? It means, OK, maybe you mastered create
back in phase one because you're in marketing,
but the team's biggest pain point is an automation
problem. Right. So in phase two, you have to
build the bridge, learn the basics of an automation
tool like make .com, even if it wasn't your primary
power. You expand your generalist skills based
on what the team actually needs right now. Got
it. So you adapt. And the deliverable for phase
two. Super important. You need a working prototype
of your solution and a simple one -page document.
Just one page showing the before picture versus
the after picture with quantified time savings
for the team. That one pager is everything. That
one pager sets up phase three then. Days 60 to
90 becoming the leader. Precisely. This is the
positioning moment. Step one. Show, don't tell.
You take that one -page doc to your manager.
You demonstrate the value you proactively created.
And the script they suggest is really smart,
isn't it? Something like, hey, I used some of
my free time, the time I saved in phase one,
to tackle that bottleneck we all hate. Looks
like it's saving the team about four hours a
week. Exactly. You show the value before asking
for anything. No talk of promotion yet, just
pure value demonstration. Okay, step two? Become
the teacher. Offer to do a quick, like 15 -minute
lunch and learn, share the basic tricks or the
tool you used. It's subtle, but it instantly
positions you as the go -to AI person in your
department. Smart. And then step three, the checkmate
move. Go to the next project. You say, hey, I
think this same approach could solve a similar
bottleneck over in the sales team or HR or wherever.
Then you ask critically if you can lead a small,
maybe 10 % time pilot project to prove it out
for them too. Whoa. Okay, I see it now. If you
can scale that simple team solution across to
another department, your role just completely
transforms, doesn't it? You're not just a contributor
anymore. You're becoming like a strategic internal
AI consultant. Yes. You become the essential
person for solving problems across different
parts of the organization. That's indispensable.
Why is helping another team proactively like
that the critical checkmate move? Because it
proves you think strategically beyond your own
silo. You're adding cross -functional value,
making you a vital organizational asset. Sponsor
read provided separately. Okay, let's zoom out
a bit and recap the big picture here. We need
to be honest about the journey, right? Yeah.
Absolutely. This whole 90 day thing, it's not
easy. The blueprint is clear. You're probably
going to feel kind of stupid, definitely overwhelmed
for those first, say, 30 to 60 days. You're learning
new tools, new ways of thinking. It's a lot.
But the reassurance is there, too, isn't it?
That weeks nine through 12, that's when things
start to click. The patterns emerge. It becomes
more fluid. Exactly. Anyone can get there. But
you absolutely have to push through that initial
frustrating learning curve. It takes grit. And
when you look at the trajectory they map out,
month one is really about locking down your job
security, boosting your own output. Right. Survival
and efficiency. Then maybe by month 12, you're
positioned for a seriously strategic role. Maybe
that promotion. By month 18, you could be genuinely
invaluable. The ultimate strategic edge here
is realizing. you're not actually competing against
AI. You're using it to become, well, almost superhuman
in your role. You multiply your own productivity,
you solve team -level problems, and eventually
you're driving real transformation across the
whole organization. That 56 % wage premium we
mentioned at the start. That's just the beginning,
really. The people who become these AI champions,
they don't just earn more. They literally get
to shape the future of their company. So the
call to action seems pretty clear. It's immediate,
isn't it? Yeah. Start day one of phase one, like
today. Pick that primary power that makes sense
for your job. Connect, automate, whatever. And
the resources are out there. Find a free YouTube
course on make .com or Poppy AI or whatever tool
fits. There are online communities too. It's
all accessible. It really is. Which brings us
to our final thought for you, the listener. The
choice really is yours now, isn't it? Are you
going to be the one who proactively earns that
new, more valuable role by stepping up? Or are
you going to watch someone else become indispensable
while you kind of get left behind? Beep, beep.
Something to think about. Outro music fades in.