𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞

Lots of ideas in my 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 focused heavily on making thinking visible in simple, no-friction ways; these translate really well to using AI as a lightweight documentation and communication layer.

For instance:

1. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭
Share small pieces of progress. Don’t wait until something is polished.
Showing your work might include:
quick reflections
partial solutions
emerging questions
early drafts

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘐 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱:
AI can help you turn rough input into something shareable quickly.
Examples:
From messy notes, ask AI to draft a short team update.
Record a voice memo. Have AI convert it into a brief “what I’m working on” post.
Drop in a rough outline. Ask AI to organize it into a readable summary.
This reduces the barrier that perfectionism can create.

𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬
Learning often happens when people can see how decisions were made, not just what the final result was. An important part of successfully executing your role is understanding that 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘶𝘵.

That includes:
tradeoffs considered
assumptions
uncertainty
what changed along the way
articulating decisions

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘐 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱
AI can help structure narratives about decisions.
Examples:
“Turn this into a short reflection: situation, options, decision, lesson.”
“Summarize the reasoning behind this plan in plain language.”
AI becomes a thinking partner that can externalize judgment, helping you make your expertise more visible.

𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞
As I mentioned in an earlier post, a significant reason people don’t show their work is that documentation feels like extra work layered onto “real” work. (I remember one senior manager requiring so many “activity reports” that writing the reports themselves became a significant activity.) Look at ways of making sharing lightweight and habitual.

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘐 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱
AI reduces the cognitive and time cost of sharing.
Examples:
Convert meeting transcripts into key takeaways.
Draft a quick lessons-learned post from bullet points.
Generate a short explanation of a process change.
Instead of writing from scratch, let AI help you refine. This supports the idea that showing your work should feel like a natural extension of doing the work, not a separate task.

See also Bozarth, J. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘸-𝘛𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘥. Wiley/ATD.