Guys, I have a gnawing question: Can I talk about AWS on this channel. I use many Microsoft tools, but my primary hosting partner is AWS. I love the insights on the Cheddar Chase, but don't always know how to fit things into my business without switching platforms. I hope that makes sense. I'm interested in your honest feedback as always.

A company spent $1.2 million on an AI platform. Six months later, the frontline employees built a workaround in Excel. A spreadsheet beat a million-dollar platform. And it wasn't even close. I keep seeing the same fight play out. One side says "change the culture first, then bring the tools." The other side says "just ship the tools, the culture will follow." Both sides have PowerPoints. Neither side is listening. Here's what actually determines which one comes first: you have to figure out whether your people are resisting the CHANGE or resisting the TOOL. Those are completely different problems. A manufacturing company I worked with rolled out an AI system that could predict equipment failures 72 hours in advance. Technically brilliant. The maintenance crew ignored it completely. Why? Nobody told them it was coming. Nobody asked what problems they actually had. And the first time the system flagged a false positive, the crew chief said, "See? Told you. Computers don't know machines." Done. Whole team wrote it off in one sentence. A year later, same company brought in a change management consultant. Six months of workshops, ride-alongs, small pilots. Then they reintroduced the exact same tool. Same platform. Same algorithms. Adoption hit 78%. Same tool. Different culture. Completely different result. But before you think culture-first always wins, here's the other side. A former client of mine spent eight months on "AI readiness." Surveys. Town halls. Change champions. Eight months of preparation. Zero AI in production. Competitor advantage: gone. Meanwhile, another firm in the same industry just picked one team, handed them an AI tool, and said "try it for two weeks." No fanfare. No transformation workshop. No forty-seven-slide deck with a stock photo of a handshake. Two weeks later, that team asked for more licenses. So here's the diagnostic I use with clients. 3 questions: Previous tech rollouts failed? If yes, culture first. You're fighting scar tissue from the last time leadership promised a miracle tool.

Lately I have been experimenting with step by step instructions in my prompts and I find that the results I have been getting are WAY better than before. I'll share with you why I think that is and how you do the same... Imagine dumping a 1,000-piece Lego set on the floor. If you tell a child to "build a castle," they’ll likely get frustrated, miss pieces, and eventually give up. But, if you give them the instruction manual Step 1, Step 2, Step 3 the castle gets built perfectly and the child had fun doing it. AI is exactly the same. When you give it a "vague" goal, you get a "vague" result. When you give it a sequence, you get a masterpiece Why This Works for Your Business - Reduces "Hallucinations": AI stays on track when it has a path to follow. - Saves Time: You stop doing "the dance" of back-and-forth prompts. - Repeatable Success: Once you have a step-by-step prompt, you can hand it to an employee to run. Simple Example: Content Creation Instead of asking AI to "Write a social media post about my business," try this sequence: Context: I run a consulting business. My target audience is busy CEOs. Objective: Write one 150-word post for Instagram. Constraint: Use a professional yet friendly tone. No hashtags in the body. No em dashes. No emjois. No crazy long stories. Step 1: Identify a common pain point (like lack of time). Step 2: Explain how our service solves it in 3 bullet points. Step 3: End with a clear call to action to "DM for a quote." step 4: Ask yourself "What can I do better to make this post more effective?" Then apply those improvements. Step 5: Ensure that you have followed the above constraint. If you haven't, fix it now before delivery. The Takeaway Instead of asking AI to "think" for you, start asking it to "execute" a process you’ve defined in the similar way you would do it Action Plan: 1. Take one task you did today and try to break it down into 5 chronological steps. 2. Paste that into your next AI prompt

Most business decisions fail because they were never clear to begin with. I just launched Binary Business, a B2B podcast that strips the noise from business decisions and helps you find real growth leverage. https://binarybusiness.tech/podcast What it is: Short episodes (15-20 min) that walk through the Binary Decision Scorecardl; a 7-question filter I use with clients to separate high-leverage moves from expensive distractions. Who it's for: Founders, operators, and executives who are tired of theory and want tactical decision-making frameworks they can actually use. What you'll get: - Binary breakdowns of real business decisions - Operator spotlights and decision teardowns - Signal vs. noise cuts through common business advice - The same scorecard I use in client work (free download in every episode) The tagline: All Signal. No Noise. No fluff. No filler. Just clear thinking for leaders who want to move faster. First few episodes are live now. Link ➡️ https://binarybusiness.tech/podcast If you're making a big decision right now and want to run it through the scorecard before you commit resources, grab the PDF and score it yourself. Takes 5 minutes. Might save you months. Let me know what you think. Will

Did a podcast with Janai Orozco and Supply Chain Caddie. Check it out - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamguidry_supplychainmanagement-energy-logistics-activity-7368687671671492608-x5Xi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAADYcW0Bp7faHS0mq7N1YusCQRjr9Qu8u0c