Your custom AI makes you a better speaker (or consultant)

Your pre-trained AI isn’t just a resource for you: It’s a resource for your clients. Here’s an example of how I use the “Alexerizer,” the custom AI that I talked about recently on HBR’s Women at Work podcast. While the Alexerizer primarily exists to help me brainstorm or edit articles and posts, it can help me as a speaker and consultant, too.

Yesterday I had a prep call for a presentation I’m giving next month, which will be followed by a moderated fireside chat. In the Before A.I. times, I had two options in a situation like this: Spend an hour assembling background links and a list of suggested questions (because they’re different for every audience), or leave it to the even organizer and hope the questions are relevant and answerable.

Instead, I offered to provide the links and questions—and I was transparent that I’d be doing that work with the help of AI trained on my own content. (That’s why it makes sense for me to do that prep work, instead of the client: I’ve already got the AI trained on my material.)