Take the hill before it's taken for you.

"Microsoft is asking some managers to evaluate employees based on how much they use AI internally, and the software giant is considering adding a metric related to this in its review process.”

That’s from a Business Insider article published June 27, 2025.

Today it’s Microsoft. Today it’s software developers. Today it’s “asking" and “considering”, but make no mistake this is just the beginning. Tomorrow it will be a non-tech company. Tomorrow it will be marketing or accounting or HR. Tomorrow it will be “mandating” and “deciding”.

Companies of all size and shape are working towards their Minimum Viable Human level to create a new status quo. And they’re dumping this problem on everyone in the payroll system—bluntly and without a plan. I have yet to read a single example where a mandate to “use AI” is followed by clear direction or real training. The C-suite has zero idea how AI should be incorporated into the day-to-day operations across divisions and departments. They are simply pointing to a hill and telling employees to take it come hell or high water.

That might sound harsh. It’s not—It’s reality.

Automation will only take you so far. Augmenting productivity is a good first step—and that’s what most teams are doing right now. But if you really want to turn heads, you have to learn how to collaborate with AI—to unlock knowledge, accelerate decision-making, and develop something rare: creative intelligence.

This is the leap most people still can’t see or are unable to articulate.

I’ve written the missing manual for AI. It is the opposite of all of the prompting and automation hacks you see everywhere. This is using the robots to improve our knowledge and thinking on literally everything—challenges, problems, opportunities, you name it. Creative Intelligence goes beyond what anyone is teaching today. It will give you direction and focus to use AI in a way that will supercharge you and your work.

It’s easy to read because I write direct and to the point. And it’s set in the wonderful typeface Franziska created to provide the optimal reading experience.

Buy it. Read it. Use it. 

If you’re still on the fence, then at least read Chapter 4 for free. Just that small lesson alone will put you on the next level.