Hey {{first_name}},

I hope you had a great weekend and you're feeling ready for the week ahead.

This week's episode is one I've been wanting to record for months.

Because I sat down with Katherine Boiciuc, CTO of EY Oceania, and she said something that stopped me in my tracks:

Tough love. But she's right.

Katherine just released EY's latest research report on AI in Australia, and the findings are both encouraging and concerning.

The good news: 84% of Australians are using AI in the workplace. We're one of the highest consumers of AI in the world.

The bad news: 1 in 3 Australians aren't comfortable with AI in their daily lives, and most of us aren't getting formal training.

We're using the tools, but we're not learning how to use them safely, strategically, or with career confidence, and that's a problem.

Because Australia needs 200,000 more AI-skilled workers, and "skilled" doesn't just mean using ChatGPT to write emails.

It means being formally trained in how to use AI safely, responsibly, and strategically.

So why aren't we doing it?

Katherine has a theory, and I think she's spot on.

Australians are waiting for someone to tap us on the shoulder and say,

"This is important. We should all go on this quest together."

We're waiting for our employers to give us clarity,

We're waiting for the government to mandate training,

Or we're waiting for permission.

But here's the reality:

50% of Australian organisations don't have a clear AI strategy, and they don't have a clear communication plan on what is or isn't acceptable.

So if you're waiting for your employer to tell you what to do, you're going to be waiting a long time.

Here's what Katherine said that I want you to hear:

“You will have the career you deserve based on the choices you are prioritising right now."

I know that's hard to hear. But it's true.

Katherine broke it down into what she calls the 60-30-10 model for AI adoption at scale:

But most organisations, and most individuals, are spending 90% of their effort on the 10%.

We're obsessing over which tool to use, which AI model is best or whether we should use Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini.

But we're not spending enough time on the thing that actually matters: our mindset and our skills.

1. Stop saying "I don't have time"

Because what you're actually saying is: "I am choosing not to prioritise thinking about the impact AI is going to have on my career."

And as a result of that choice, you're okay with losing your job if you don't do something about it.

Most people aren't okay with that, so stop using time as an excuse.

Focus on energy management, not time management. Energy is renewable. Time is not.

2. Get formally trained

If you're not enrolled in an AI micro-credential course right now, start one this week.

It doesn't have to be expensive. Anthropic just released free training, and Microsoft has free Copilot training. There are hundreds of options.

Pick one. Start it. Complete it.

Because the people who are getting AI-skilled workers right now are being paid 56% more on average.

Companies are prepared to pay for this talent, and the demand is only going to grow.

3. Add AI to what you already do well

You don't need to become a developer. You don't need to learn to code.

You need to take the skills you already have, retail, finance, operations, marketing, whatever, and add AI fluency on top of it.

That's where the real opportunity is.

4. Start building agents

Katherine has 12 agents working for her right now… continuously.

If you don't have agents working for you yet, you're still doing everything manually, and you're exhausting yourself.

You need to let go of the old manual ways. Schedule work. Have it happen autonomously.

This is how you stop burning out and start scaling.

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Reply and tell me this:

What's the one micro-credential or AI course you're going to start this week?

Send it through, I want to know.

With confidence,

Georgie 💜