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Your World Is Different Now.
Let's Make Sense of It Together.

Systems thinking, AI philosophy, and practical wisdom for navigating our rapidly changing landscape.

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Episode 2: AI as Your Junior Assistant, Not a Magic

Practical wisdom for working with AI

AI isn't magic, and it isn't a replacement for your thinking. It's more like a very capable junior assistant—one that needs guidance, context, and clear direction. Learn how to work with AI effectively by understanding what it actually is.

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Episode 0

Why Your World Is Different

Most AI tutorials assume you can install anything, connect anything, and ship data anywhere. That's not real life behind a firewall. This series is. In this Episode 0, I explain why I'm making AI for Knowledge Workers Behind the Firewall—and what you'll be able to build by the end of the series: a real automation that works in restricted environments.

Episode 1

Shadow Systems

You've been building systems your entire life without realizing it. The spreadsheets, the workarounds, the processes you've created to survive in broken systems—these are shadow systems. Recognizing them is the first step to intentional architecture.

The Philosophy

Systems Thinking Meets Practical AI Wisdom

→Shadow systems you already run
→AI as tool, not oracle
→Bottom-up transformation
→Human judgment at the center

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Navigate the New Landscape

Understanding AI isn't about knowing all the tools. It's about developing the thinking that lets you use any of them well.

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