The Everyday PM: Project Management Principles for Your Everyday Life Mastering A.I. Literacy as a Project Manager with Cornelius Fichtner
Jun 29, 2025
Cornelius Fichtner, a project management expert and host of The Project Management Podcast, dives into the critical need for AI literacy among project managers. He emphasizes that understanding AI's strategic applications is more important than merely mastering tools. The conversation explores how to identify tasks suitable for AI augmentation and highlights the enduring importance of soft skills in an automated world. Cornelius also shares actionable tips to help listeners start on their journey to mastering AI literacy this week!
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Prioritize AI Literacy Over Tools
- Focus on mastering AI literacy, not just tool usage, to gain a competitive edge as a project manager.
- Understand how AI tools enhance workflows and deploy them strategically with precision.
Use AI for Low-Risk Tasks
- Use AI to augment repetitive, data-heavy, low-risk project tasks such as status summaries and brainstorming.
- Always keep a human in the loop to review AI outputs for accuracy and contextual appropriateness.
Project Manager Identity and AI
- Identity tied to task execution causes anxiety about AI job takeover.
- Project managers should embrace AI as a partner and continue leading organizational change.