Hey {{first_name}},

Can you honestly have a high-flying career and a family?

Are human skills really more valuable than AI skills right now?

And what is all of this change actually doing to your body?

These are the questions that came up last week. And I want to talk about all of them.

Because last week, Lou was speaking at the Microsoft AI Tour, and I was hosting our 10th Sisterhood Social event, Fearless and Future Ready. And what we both walked away with was surprisingly similar.

So this week on AI Ready Women, there's no guest. Just me and Lou having a proper catch up, and I want to bring you in on our conversation.

The energy at the Sisterhood Social was incredible. The room was packed, the panel was exceptional, and the conversations were real.

But what struck me most was the split I saw in the women there.

Half of them were optimistic. They felt ahead of the curve, confident with the tools, curious about what's coming.

The other half were exhausted. Confused about what they should be doing. Feeling like they were slipping behind and not having enough time to keep up.

The thing that keeps coming up

Every single woman on that panel, Julie Watkins, Fiona Hayes, and Erin Ashton, kept coming back to the same thing.

Human skills.

Not AI skills. Human skills.

The ability to communicate, to read a room, to apply judgment, to regulate your emotions and to connect with people.

Erin, who leads AI enablement across EY, said she walked into an organisation recently to deliver what she thought was a fairly basic presentation. The leaders in the room were blown away.

And her takeaway was that most organisations are just scratching the surface. Which means if you're even a few steps ahead in your workplace, you can position yourself as the person who helps shape how AI is actually used.

That is the opportunity right now.

Lou and I also got really honest about something this week.

We're both doing more than ever, and we're not resting more.

I've been tracking mine through my Whoop, and the data doesn't lie. On my heaviest AI days, my sleep stress goes up, my heart rate stays elevated, and my recovery drops.

This is real, and it's something we all need to pay attention to.

Because if we're using AI to do more and more without protecting our energy, we're just running ourselves into the ground faster.

The question that stopped the room

A younger woman at the Sisterhood Social put her hand up at the end of the evening and asked something that made the whole room go quiet.

She said;

And the panel didn't sugarcoat it.

Julie said yes, flat yes, of course there are sacrifices. Fiona's husband stays home with their children so she can do what she does. Erin said similar.

And what I took from it is this.

In this new era, the pace is only going to increase, and the most important thing we can do is stay connected to who we are and what actually matters to us.

Not every season of life is the right season to chase the next promotion which is something I write about in mu book The Bold Move and that is okay.

We cannot lose ourselves in all of this change and reinvention. The human element is everything.

A few things to take into your week:

Pick one AI tool and go deep on it. Not five. One.

The more you use it, the more context it builds about you, your work, and your thinking. It becomes less like a tool and more like an assistant who actually knows you.

Use AI to learn AI. Ask it what tasks you do each week could be automated. Let it show you where to start.

Protect your energy like it's your most valuable asset. Because it is. Notice how you feel after a big AI day. Build in recovery. Step outside. Disconnect.

Stay connected to your values. In a world moving this fast, they're your anchor.

In this week's episode, Lou and I cover:

This is one of my favourite episodes we've done. And I think you'll love it too.

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Reply and tell me this:

What's one thing you're going to do differently this week to protect your energy?

Send it through. I want to know.

With confidence,

Georgie 💜