Remember business travel before AI? Me neither. Last week I was herding kids through Disney while still pushing client work forward—

Nick’s AI Playbook

🧑‍🏫 Latest AI thoughts, tools, and news from Nick Machol Skip to the end if you want to see a pic of Disney overload 🐁

Main Idea

Remember business travel before AI? Me neither. Last week I was herding kids through Disney while still pushing client work forward—because the bots had my back. Inbox Wrangler: My email agent read, sorted, and drafted replies while I ate Dole Whip. Note Whisperer: Nick-bot distilled a brain-dump of Q3 “rocks” into clear themes—and flagged ones I’d ignored. Call Scribe: Limitless transcribed client calls, built recaps, and surfaced action items. Workshop Builder: Nick-bot aligned a client’s wish-list to my existing frameworks—no wheel-reinvention. Launch Prep: Drafted CTA campaigns for a big announcement you’ll see next week. Park Hacker: Yes, it even optimized our EPCOT ride order (my kids think I’m magic—nope, just an AI dork).

Here’s the play:

Automate the boring. Anything repeatable should be handled by an agent—email triage, note-summaries, call recaps. Keep a “you clone.” Fine-tune a private bot on your best docs so it can jump into proposals, outlines, and campaigns while you sleep. Free up strategy time. Use those reclaimed hours to think bigger—or ride more rollercoasters.

PS!

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📰 AI News Worth Knowing

🛑 Job-Doom Headlines Are Back. CEOs say AI will “wipe out” half of white-collar roles. My take: incumbents with creaky tech stacks will struggle while new AI-native players hire in droves. Decide for yourself. Read Here 🌏 AI Cold War Heats Up. Chinese models like DeepSeek and Qwen are gaining global share, forcing countries to pick a side and threatening U.S. influence over AI standards. Read Here 🧩 From “Prompt” to “Context” Engineering. Phil Schmid argues the next power skill isn’t clever prompts—it’s orchestrating the right data, tools, and timing so the model can actually work. Read Here 📺 Ads Inside ChatGPT? Sam Altman says he’s “not totally against it”—as long as trust isn’t broken. Cue the Black Mirror vibe. Read Here 🏆 Zapier’s 4-Level AI Fluency Test. Unacceptable → Capable → Adoptive → Transformative. Where do you land? Read Here

🛠️ AI Tools You Need to Try

⚡ Relay: Drag-and-drop agents that connect apps, AI models, and human approvals in minutes—onboarding is truly caveman-simple. Use it to auto-draft client updates, sync CRMs, or QC AI outputs before they ship. Play Here 🧰 Tool Vault – Frequently updated archive of every AI tool I’ve recommended, tested, or currently use: 👉 Here

📢 Take Action

Great leaders don’t out-work the competition—they out-automate them. Ready to turn your team into Transformative-level operators? Hit reply or email nick@nocinoc.com and let’s build your internal bot army. (July is sold out; August limited Denver-only; very limited September dates.) October is already ~50%—please send requests ASAP 💡 Book me for executive training, team workshops, or 1:1 coaching. 📩 Book a session with me → nick@nocinoc.com 📅 See my services and pricing → Click here[Subscribe

🍽️ From the Field – Ratatouille ROI

Last week my daughter’s dance troupe took over Orlando. Between Universal thrills and the Ratatouille ride (see photo), I kept projects moving without laptop-glare-guilt. Lesson: when AI lifts the grunt-work, you can invest the saved calories where they matter most—family and clients. Thanks for reading. View email in browser[update your preferences or unsubscribe