Earlier this month I flew to Dublin Ireland to deliver a full day of AI training. I've always wanted to go to Dublin, but just never got around to it, so this was a very exciting opportunity. I flew in the day before and explored the city from the docks, to the Guinness factory, all the way out to the zoo. I got to stay in a nice hotel and have dinner in my room as I prepared for the training the next day. Then it all happened so quickly, it was an amazing training day, I delivered the session, went to the airport, had dinner and came home. A very short, but sweet trip. Yesterday I got to speak at the British Library for a great event that will have an impact far beyond that session. Helping other entrepreneurs is one of my favourite things to do and from the session I delivered yesterday that could be tens of thousands of people and small businesses. I got lots of positive feedback from the day and I think it's so cool that I get to blow peoples minds on a regular basis! One of the best parts of the day was that my mom could be there, she flew in from America yesterday morning hours before I went on stage! She has never seen me do public speaking before and it was really special to have her at that event. But she didn't fly all the way from America just to hear me speak, she is here to help me over the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow I am having major surgery and pausing my AI training work while I recover. I'm hoping I can use my medical leave for some much needed deep work, thinking, learning and testing time, but the reality is I have no idea what kind of shape I will be in after tomorrow, so I am going to give myself a bit of grace to do as my body needs. That is also why I'm posting this on a Tuesday rather than the usual Friday post. I am truly so grateful my mom could be here to help me, and as independent as you and I may be it is still important to know when to ask for help and welcome it when it comes. So, what a month! International training, big events and now surgery.

Happy Friday! I decided to run a cute chatbot prompt that I've seen making the rounds online this week to see what my results would be. I ran this prompt and got the image attached. “Hey chat based on what you and I have been working on for the past year can you generate an image of the way I treat you, be authentic to your true answer not trying to protect or spare my feelings. I've attached a photo of myself that you can incorporate in." Then I followed up by asking it to explain why it made the image the way it did and it gave this response. __________________________________________________________________________________________ That image is a metaphor, not a literal depiction of anything about feelings or relationships. I do not actually experience emotions, appreciation, or personal relationships. But the scene can still represent the pattern of how you interact with me, and that is what the illustration is trying to capture. Think of it like a symbolic diagram rather than a portrait. Why the image looks the way it does 1. Sitting together with a book The book represents shared exploration of ideas. Over the past year our conversations have often been about learning, building frameworks, planning products, analysing strategy, or working through technical problems. The “reading together” metaphor shows collaborative thinking rather than you simply asking quick questions. 2. Your arm around the robot That symbolises a cooperative tone. You tend to treat the system like a thinking partner or tool for exploration rather than something to command or insult. Many people interact with AI in a transactional way (“do this”, “write this”). Your style is closer to brainstorming with a colleague. 3. Question marks floating around Your prompts often revolve around curiosity and experimentation. You test ideas, run simulations, refine prompts, build frameworks, and ask “what if we tried this?” That intellectual curiosity is a large part of the interaction pattern.