Category: Productivity


  • Copilot vs Chat GPT

    Is it just me, or does Copilot feel a bitโ€ฆ pants compared to ChatGPT? Comparing Microsoft Copilot with GPT-4o, youโ€™ll find definite overlap โ€” theyโ€™re powered by the same AI family (OpenAIโ€™s GPT models). But theyโ€™re not the same beast. So what’s going on? In enterprise environments, Copilot will almost certainly be restricted โ€” and…

  • Form Automation (no AI)

    Make life just that little bit easier for yourself – No code, low code. A few days ago, I posted a bit of a winge about Workday application forms (link below). While I firmly believe we should be pivoting back to the old-school approachโ€”identifying your unique value, finding the problem you solve, and reaching out…

  • Workday form automation

    After my winge about Workday application formsโ€”and a tongue-in-cheek joke to an esteemed colleagueโ€”Iโ€™ve had several people ask: “What prompt would generate the code for a bot to complete a Workday application?” Wellโ€ฆ hereโ€™s the whole thing. Fill your boots. But before diving in: Iโ€™m not advocating transgressing any T&Cs, nor encouraging the use of…

  • Prompting Master Class 2 – Engineering Excellence

    Set out below is a set of Bernard Marr prompts, originally published in Forbes on 05/07/2025. These may well represent prompt nirvana โ€” crisp, powerful, and highly usable. What follows is a breakdown and analysis of each prompt. The core message is simple but powerful: have a clear use case, define your parameters, and guide…

  • How to survive AI in Accounting part 1

    Guide to AI in Accounting: Trends, Tools, and Stats Introduction: The Era of AI in Accounting Welcome, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not just the stuff of sci-fi movies but a real, practical tool changing how businesses handle their finances. If youโ€™ve ever daydreamed about having a robot to do your tedious tasks while you focus…

  • If You Do One Thing With AI This Weekโ€”Make It This

    Let me be clear: AI is here, and if youโ€™re not yet leveraging itโ€”or even just exploring itโ€”youโ€™re already behind. But hereโ€™s the good news: You donโ€™t need to become a prompt engineer or build a chatbot to start seeing real efficiency gains immediately. Hereโ€™s one simple, transformative workflow you can (and should) adopt this…

  • What AI Hacks Do You Use to Speed Up and Save Time?

    Routines That Save Me Minutes and Add Up. I am sure we all wish we had more time. AI is heralded and on everyoneโ€™s lips, but no kiddingโ€”AI can give you exactly that. Over the past few months, after my CAIP certification, I’ve been refining simple daily AI routines that help me streamline my work,…

  • Robotic Process Automation and AI

    Robotic Process Automation and AIโ€”sure, itโ€™s not the catchiest title. But the impact of combining these two in a business setting is anything but dull. RPA and AI can hyperpult (not a real word but its arguably better than “turbocharge”) productivity, driving exponential leaps forward. Health warning: if your process is flawed, automation will simply…

  • Gmail AI Nirvana

    My Gmail was a Disaster Weโ€™ve probably all been there. You open Gmail, and youโ€™re drowning in a sea of unread emails, newsletters you donโ€™t remember subscribing to, and that one urgent email from your boss buried somewhere between a 50% off coupon and a reminder to check your horoscope. Managing Gmail efficiently is not…

  • Mastering AI Prompting

    AI is Only as Good as the Prompts You Feed It With the rise of AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, and other intelligent assistants, people are quickly realizing that achieving great results isnโ€™t just about having access to AIโ€”itโ€™s about knowing how to communicate with it. The difference between a vague, generic response and a…