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Walk me through the last week of your work. Where did you actually reach for an AI tool, and where did you choose not to?AI-readyTool UsageEntry–leadershipTell me about a time you caught an AI tool getting something wrong. How did you notice?AI-readyJudgmentEntry–leadershipWhat's a workflow you've redesigned around AI in the last six months, and what did the old version look like?AI-readyTool UsageMid–leadershipWhen you share AI-assisted work with a teammate or manager, what do you make sure they know?AI-readyStakeholder CommunicationEntry–leadershipWhat's a task you used to use AI for that you've since pulled back from doing with it?AI-readyJudgmentMid–leadershipWhich AI tools have actually stuck in your workflow, and which ones did you try and abandon?AI-readyTool UsageEntry–leadershipHow do you set yourself up to catch an AI mistake before it goes downstream to someone else?AI-readyError HandlingMid–leadershipHow are you keeping up with the pace of AI tools in your field without drowning in it?AI-readyUpskillingMid–leadershipWhen is the human still doing the work, even if the AI is producing the output?AI-readyJudgmentSenior–leadershipHave you had to explain an AI-assisted output to a skeptical colleague? How did you handle it?AI-readyStakeholder CommunicationMid–leadershipPick one task you do regularly. Walk me through how AI fits into that task today, end to end.AI-readyTool UsageEntry–leadershipWhen you've handed something to an AI tool, what's the first thing you look at when it gives the answer back?AI-readyJudgmentEntry–leadershipDescribe a time an AI tool was confidently wrong and you had to clean up after it.AI-readyError HandlingMid–leadershipWhat's a part of your job that you'd never want AI involved in, and why not?AI-readyTool UsageMid–leadershipHow have your prompts changed over the last year? What were you doing wrong at the start?AI-readyUpskillingMid–leadershipHave you built or modified a tool, prompt template, or workflow others on your team use? Walk me through it.AI-readyTool UsageMid–leadershipWhat signals tell you a task is a good fit for AI, before you've started it?AI-readyJudgmentEntry–leadershipHow do you talk about AI use with people on your team who are skeptical or resistant?AI-readyStakeholder CommunicationMid–leadershipTell me about a time using AI made you slower instead of faster. What happened?AI-readyError HandlingEntry–leadershipWhat's your default tool for writing right now, and what made it the default?AI-readyTool UsageEntry–leadershipHow do you decide when to invest in a more elaborate AI workflow versus just doing the thing yourself?AI-readyJudgmentMid–leadershipTell me about a piece of AI advice or pattern you copied that didn't work for you, and what you did instead.AI-readyUpskillingMid–leadershipWhat does your AI usage look like for the messy, half-formed parts of your work — not the polished outputs?AI-readyTool UsageEntry–leadershipWhen you share AI-assisted output externally — to a client, customer, or auditor — what changes about how you check it?AI-readyStakeholder CommunicationMid–leadershipWhat's a strong opinion you have about how people on your team should and shouldn't use AI?AI-readyJudgmentSenior–leadershipHow would you triage a situation where someone on your team shipped AI-generated content with a factual error?AI-readyError HandlingSenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd onboard a brand-new teammate to the AI tools your team relies on.AI-readyTool UsageMid–leadershipIf a teammate said 'AI just doesn't work for what I do', what would you actually want to know before agreeing or disagreeing?AI-readyJudgmentMid–leadershipWhat's an AI capability that didn't exist a year ago that you've integrated into how you work?AI-readyUpskillingEntry–leadershipHow do you handle the question 'did AI write this?' when you've used AI as part of the work but the answer is more nuanced than yes or no?AI-readyStakeholder CommunicationEntry–leadershipWhat does a great AI-assisted day look like for you? What does a frustrating one look like?AI-readyTool UsageEntry–leadershipWhat's a specific case where you'd want a human in the loop even if the AI's accuracy is already higher than the human's?AI-readyJudgmentSenior–leadershipHow do you decide whether to fix an AI's output, redo it, or throw it away and start from scratch?AI-readyError HandlingMid–leadershipWhat's a non-obvious skill you've found yourself developing because of how often you work with AI?AI-readyUpskillingMid–leadershipHow do you tell the difference between an AI tool that's saving you time and one that's just making your work feel different?AI-readyJudgmentMid–leadershipWhen a new AI tool launches in your space, what's your usual evaluation routine?AI-readyTool UsageMid–leadershipIf your manager asked you to teach a 30-minute session on how you use AI today, what would you cover and what would you leave out?AI-readyStakeholder CommunicationMid–leadershipWhat's a use of AI you've seen elsewhere that you think is a bad idea, and what would you do instead?AI-readyJudgmentSenior–leadershipDescribe a situation where you had to decide whether to build a custom solution or use an AI tool for a recurring problem. What factors drove your decision?AI-readyJudgmentMid–leadershipTell me about a time when using an AI tool actually slowed you down or added friction to your process. What did you learn?AI-readyTool UsageEntry–senior
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