Your Weekly AI Power-Up: Add AI to your Team
Barry Price
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“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”– Phil Jackson
There’s a dream in Silicon Valley that AI will enable a $1B, single-person company. But here’s the truth: the real opportunity isn’t in replacing teams—it’s in upgrading them. While venture capital chases solo founders and unicorns, the smartest companies are training their staff to use AI as a teammate.
When you embed AI into daily workflows—reports, decisions, strategy—you unlock a super-skilled workforce already inside your company. That’s how the next $1B companies will be built: by turning today’s teams into tomorrow’s high-performance AI-powered organizations.
If you’re not using AI as your newest team member-you’re not just missing out on results, you’re missing out on happiness (read on).
?? Top AI News Stories This Week
1. Generative AI Adoption Is Tearing Companies Apart, Survey Finds Source: Entrepreneur | Date: March 18, 2025 A new survey reveals deep organizational rifts as companies rapidly adopt generative AI. Leaders and teams often disagree on priorities, ethics, and implementation, leading to misalignment and culture clashes within enterprises. URL: https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/generative-ai-adoption-is-tearing-companies-apart-survey/488686
2. How Real-World Businesses Are Transforming with AI Source: Microsoft Blog | Date: March 10, 2025 Microsoft highlights how companies in manufacturing, logistics, and retail are successfully integrating AI to boost productivity and innovation. Real-world case studies include digital twins, intelligent forecasting, and AI-enhanced frontline workflows. URL: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/03/10/https-blogs-microsoft-com-blog-2024-11-12-how-real-world-businesses-are-transforming-with-ai/
3. AI Talent Shortage Spurs Upskilling Boom, Led by Accenture Source: HR Dive | Date: March 21, 2025 Facing an intense shortage of GenAI talent, companies like Accenture are investing heavily in internal upskilling programs. The shift reflects a long-term strategy to build scalable AI capabilities in-house rather than rely solely on external hiring. URL: https://www.hrdive.com/news/AI-talent-upskilling-accenture/742821/
4. 60% of C-Suite Executives Seek Roles at AI-Forward Companies Source: ZDNet | Date: March 20, 2025 A surprising number of senior executives are actively seeking new roles at companies seen as AI innovators. The trend reflects growing pressure to stay relevant and aligned with tech-driven transformation. URL: https://www.zdnet.com/article/60-of-c-suite-execs-are-actively-seeking-new-roles-at-ai-forward-companies/
5. The State of AI in 2025: Enterprise Impact, Talent Crunch, and Innovation Frontiers Source: McKinsey & Company | Date: March 15, 2025 McKinsey’s annual report finds that GenAI is now in active use across most industries, but organizations face growing challenges in sourcing skilled talent. Top performers are leveraging GenAI for strategic advantage in product, marketing, and operations. URL: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai
6. Employers Face Unsustainable Pressure in AI Talent Race Source: CIO Dive | Date: March 20, 2025 Skyrocketing demand for GenAI expertise has created unsustainable hiring conditions. Companies are being forced to rethink compensation, recruiting strategies, and talent development models to compete in a rapidly shifting market. URL: https://www.ciodive.com/news/employers-unsustainable-hiring-ai-talent/742536/
7. The Cybernetic Teammate: What We’re Learning About Working With AI Source: One Useful Thing (Ethan Mollick) | Date: March 22, 2025 This study with 776 Procter & Gamble employees proves AI doesn’t just make work faster—it makes it better, more cross-functional, and more enjoyable. Individuals with AI matched team performance. Teams with AI became super teams. ?? Article summary: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-cybernetic-teammate (original link may be down)
?? Don’t Train Your AI—Train Your People
A Harvard + P&G study proves the future of AI is collaborative
What if the biggest AI advantage wasn’t technical?
A recent Harvard study conducted with 776 employees at Procter & Gamble confirms what many of us have already felt: Generative AI isn’t just a tool—it’s a teammate. And to unlock its real value, we need to stop thinking like engineers and start thinking like collaborators.
This isn’t about learning how LLMs work. It’s about helping your team use tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Copilot like they'd use Slack or Google or Microsoft: every day, for everything.
?? Proof: AI Doesn’t Just Help—It Performs Like a Team Member
Ethan Mollick’s summary of the P&G study, The Cybernetic Teammate, offers striking findings:
“Having an AI on your team can increase performance, provide expertise, and improve your experience.” — Ethan Mollick, The Cybernetic Teammate, March 22, 2025
Let that sink in: AI didn’t just improve productivity—it upgraded people. It made one individual perform like a team, and it made teams feel unstoppable.
??? Productivity = Practice, Not Theory
Training doesn’t need to start with tech staff or involve abstract lessons about large language models. It needs to start with your people doing their actual daily work—with AI:
These aren’t theoretical use cases. They’re the work your team is already doing—only faster, smarter, and more collaboratively when AI is in the loop.
?? AI Tears Down Silos and Levels Up Everyone
The P&G study revealed something even more important: AI makes junior employees perform like pros. It broke down silos between technical and non-technical staff. Suddenly, marketing could contribute to product strategy. Finance could ideate on customer experience. Everyone played up a level.
That’s how you future-proof your workforce—not by replacing them, but by upgrading them.
?? People Work Better—And Feel Better—with AI
This might be the most underrated part: people enjoyed their work more. They reported higher levels of excitement, confidence, and satisfaction. Instead of tech-induced anxiety, they felt energized.
That’s how cultural transformation starts—not with fear or compliance, but with joy and creativity and happiness!
? Bottom Line
When people use AI like they'd use Slack or Google or Microsoft: every day, for everything, it’s not about learning how LLMs work—it’s about learning how work works now.
And that’s how the best organizations are winning with AI—by turning every employee into a high-performing team of one.
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AI training for you and your team is simpler than you think. You don’t need to master prompt engineering or understand LLM internals—you just need hands-on guidance using AI for your real, actual daily work.
I’ll help you do exactly that—with:
? AI training video sessions
? Weekly AI coaching
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?? Final Thoughts
AI isn’t here to replace your team—it’s here to upgrade them. This week’s biggest insight? AI works best when it’s treated like a teammate—and your people are trained to work alongside it.
The only question left is: Are you taking advantage of the free offer above?
if you’re not using AI as your newest team member-you’re not just missing out on results, you’re missing out on happiness
Best, Barry Price
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1 天前100% agree with this. An AI copilot is a force multiplier.