Fast Forward · Episode 07 Claude Desktop: Read Your Own Files Locally Stop uploading internal spreadsheets and project documents to browser windows. Learn how to configure the desktop app to securely analyze your local files directly from your hard drive without compromising data privacy rules. Read the local configuration breakdown All Fast Forward episodes Listen … Read more
Season 2 · Episode 19 Sensible Reduction Before you automate a task, ask whether you should be doing it at all. Learn how to use a practical framework to clean up your professional workflow, strip away waste, and ensure you only apply AI tools to the steps that actually matter. Listen to the episode Watch … Read more
Zero to AI Field Note The Non-Developer Developer: How I Built Production Software Without Writing Code Six months ago I could not write a line of code. Last week I shipped a SaaS product using AI coding tools and practical problem scoping. Field Note Builder Era Claude Code Lovable The gap between an operational idea … Read more
Sector Lens Field Note What HR Leaders Get Wrong When They Try to Upskill Teams in AI The training budget gets spent. Six months later, nothing has changed. Discover why broad technical courses fail to alter employee behavior and how to focus skill development on genuine professional capabilities. HR & L&D Insights Capability Building Workforce … Read more
Season 2 · Episode 18 The Internal Pitch Your organisation does not know what you can do with AI. This week you fix that. Learn how to propose a clear, small AI pilot to your manager without causing alarm or getting blocked by generic corporate objections. Listen to the episode Watch the guide Read the … Read more
Practical AI field note AI Research Tools Comparison: Five Platforms, One Brief. This AI research tools comparison uses the same question across five platforms to assess accuracy, citation quality, research depth and handling of New Zealand and Australian context. Field test AI research tools Citation comparison Grounded evidence The tool you choose changes the evidence, … Read more
Season 2 · Episode 17 Build Your AI Doppelganger An AI doppelganger turns one repeated workplace task into a reusable AI-supported working system. Listen to the episode, watch the configuration process, then use the guide to choose a narrow task, set clear instructions and keep human judgement in the loop. Listen to the episode Watch … Read more
Fast Forward · Episode 06 How to generate video using NotebookLM from a document Learn how to generate video using NotebookLM when a detailed report, strategy paper or technical document needs a concise video overview for busy stakeholders. This Fast Forward episode covers the workspace setup, source preparation and review steps needed to produce a … Read more
Season 2 · Episode 16 Help Someone With AI: Solve One Real Problem Help someone with AI by guiding one real, contained work problem. In this episode, you will learn how to choose a safe text-heavy task, set clear boundaries, guide the prompt and capture a useful outcome without becoming the unofficial AI helpdesk. Listen … Read more
Practical AI application brief Building AI Workflows with Your AI Doppelganger Move past unstructured conversations and configure a repeatable assistant designed to support routine text-heavy and analytical work at your own desk. Skills & Application Custom assistant configuration Visibility Block Knowledge work systems A template that exists only in your head leaves your capability unrecorded. … Read more