Some jumpers out the gate:

• Dax Shepard has the absolute best editing of any podcast. Whatever tool they use to cut the dead-space (dare I say it’s an AI tool) is clutch.
• Bill Gates is a stud. Microsoft products are not my vibe, but this dude spun up something for the other half of the world and they’re using it.
• I wanted to answer one question this year: what benefit does AI actually have for PM’s who don’t need help spinning up emails and summaries?

Although he doesn’t say it overtly in their conversation, “Trey,” as he is aptly known inside the family tree, calls out what AI can do to not just make meetings easier, but better.

The main squeeze: using note taking software can take PM’s from facilitators to moderators.

Ever since I’ve been using Meetgeek Team* to be our least expensive, but eternally valuable employee, I’ve been able to do what no one else on our team is uniquely wired to do: moderate the discussion.

• Chew gum and walk.
• Execute and analyze.
• Notetake and moderate.

Those three have the same core tenet: multi-tasking is impossible. I don’t know about you, but I despise taking notes. Not because it’s arduous, but because it takes away from my giftings. It splits my attention. The greatest value I bring to the team as a PM, is my ability to guide everything along. That includes timelines, attentions, discussions and conclusions.

What Trey is saying in this pod, AI is a wee bit scary, sure. But it will open up your time, attention and capacity to a place that we haven’t seen since agriculture took hold, industrial revolution and more.

So hop on the AI notetaking train and watch your value skyrocket.

*totally integrates with Asana like a treat.

ps: is there an AI tool that lets you know if you’re using a word correctly? I slung “aptly” out there pretty fearlessly, but I’m resisting seeing if I used it correctly just for the sake of this example.