Train on real work, not generic demos

Generic training videos about AI in general rarely stick, because nobody can picture how it fits their actual job. I stopped sending people generic videos a while back, since I noticed the ones who actually changed how they worked were always the ones who watched a tool touch their own inbox. Skip the broad overview and instead sit down with someone's real inbox, real spreadsheet, or real client message and show the tool working on that exact thing. When people see their own work handled in front of them, the lesson clicks in a way no slide deck ever manages. It also surfaces the messy edge cases specific to your business right away, instead of after launch when it's harder to fix. Keep the session short and focused on one task, then let the person try it themselves while you watch, so you catch confusion before it turns into a bad habit. Training built around real examples costs less time overall than training everyone has to relearn later.

Try this today: pick one real piece of work from your own day and walk a teammate through handling it with AI, step by step, instead of sending them a general tutorial.