GeekWire Using AI to Upgrade Your Personal OS: Insights from Executive Coach Mark Briggs
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Sep 13, 2025 Mark Briggs, an executive coach and AI strategist from Seattle, shares insights on upgrading your 'personal operating system' with AI. He dives into practical tips for transforming cluttered notes into a streamlined knowledge base and how AI can combat procrastination by acting as a collaborator. The discussion also touches on AI's transformative role in executive coaching and information retrieval using innovative tools like Perplexity. Plus, listeners enjoy a fun game of 'Bot or Not' to differentiate between human and AI interactions.
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Personal Operating System Needs Upgrading
- Everyone has a personal operating system for managing information and tasks, and many are outdated.
- Upgrading that system with AI can free time for higher-priority work and personal life.
Ask AI For Periodic Summaries
- Put client or project notes into an AI-enabled repository and ask for summaries or key takeaways regularly.
- Use those AI summaries to save time and reveal patterns you might overlook.
AI Helped An Overwhelmed Executive Deliver
- A promoted executive in a Microsoft environment used AI to draft goals in between meetings and avoided large blocked work sessions.
- The process saved time and allowed him to deliver on his boss's timeline while keeping personal commitments.
