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You Are The Editor in Chief (Not the AI Tool)
by Joe McCormack Be the Editor in Chief: Why AI Should Draft and You Should Edit A few months ago, a client told me a story that still bothers me. He had a board of directors meeting coming up. He created his presentation, then he put it into an AI tool for a final...
Humanity First: Why AI Should Sharpen You, Not Speak For You
by Joe McCormack Humanity First: Why AI Should Sharpen You, Not Speak For You After 400 podcast episodes and nine years of teaching brevity, here's where I've landed on artificial intelligence and professional communication. The first episode of the Just Saying...
The Fear of Dumbing it Down
by Joe McCormack The Fear of Dumbing It Down: Why Simplifying Your Message Doesn't Make You Look Stupid I recently taught a class where one participant was a subject matter expert with deep technical knowledge—and he was not interested in being brief. His objection...