We Tested 5 AI Tools on the Same Slide Deck Prompt
In a recent AI Bootcamp for Busy Professionals lab, we ran an experiment: same slide copy, same prompt, five different AI tools. We deliberately picked a low-stakes topic — a beginner’s guide to cold brew coffee — so everyone stayed focused on the tools, not the content.
AI Readiness Has Two Sides. Most Companies Only Staff One.
The meeting starts the way these meetings usually start. Someone in leadership asks, “What’s our AI plan?” And every head in the room turns toward the IT director. It feels logical. AI is technology, IT handles technology, so AI must be IT’s job. Here’s the problem: it’s only half true. And the half that gets […]
Two AI Workshops, One Goal: Sending People Home With a System That Works — My LSUA AI Summit 2026 Recap
In March 2026, AI Speaker, Michelle Cullison led two hands-on workshops at the LSU-A Artificial Intelligence Summit in Alexandria, Louisiana. This post summarizes the core takeaways from both sessions: building a reliable marketing copywriting assistant, and navigating today’s AI media creation tools for small business. The summit was a full-day, practical event built for people […]
What Is an AI Agent, Really?
Recently I met with a financial services firm, and the founding partner opened the call with a question I hear all the time: “What is an agent?” My answer: An agent is an AI that has the ability to make decisions without you — it’s autonomous, it has agency — and it’s not based on […]
Will Voice Replace Typing? What AI Tools Like Wispr Flow Are Changing About How We Work
Will voice replace typing the way typing replaced pen and paper? I started using an AI tool called Wispr Flow a couple of months ago. It was a slow start, because I type fast and typing is how I naturally work. Where this new tool is helping me the most is when I’m giving AI […]
How an Emmy-award Winning Journalist Used AI to Reclaim Her Time
Explore how to put AI to work like Monica Pierre, solving capacity issues with innovative storytelling and content creation.
I Was Inside a Client’s Microsoft 365 Environment This Morning. Then I Read the News.
This morning I was inside a client’s Microsoft 365 environment, setting up six AI agents for their team to use. Not demoing them. Not planning them. Actually deploying them — configuring, testing, and working through the friction that shows up when AI moves from concept to practice.
We hit a wall.
Sharing agents across a team isn’t as seamless as “Share with Organization” feature appears. There’s a visibility problem that emerges when you move from one person using an agent to an entire team needing access to it. The devil’s always in the details and right now, those details live squarely in your IT admin settings.
AI Just Got a Coworker. Here’s What Expertise-Driven Professionals Need to Know.
The AI tools many of you are already paying for just got significantly more powerful — and most professionals missed it.
Last year was about asking AI to do something and waiting on the reply. AI was smart, but you were still the one clicking, organizing, copying, and finishing every step. You were still running the show.
In 2026, that changed.
We’ve crossed into the age of agentic AI — where instead of answering your question, AI completes your task. And if you’re a professional whose business runs on your expertise, your relationships, and your judgment, this shift is worth understanding before your competitors figure it out first.