I get it. It’s tiring constantly hearing about AI. But if we’re not shaping it, it’s shaping us and our profession.
I'd prefer to be on the former.
And I know it’s hard to go first on these things. So let me share a little about how I’ve used AI recently, and then I’d love to hear what you’re using it for.
What’s My Equity Worth?
https://whats-my-equity-worth.lovable.app
This was one of my first vibe coded products and was essentially a simple POC to help answer the question of "how can companies better articulate the worth of someone's equity?". Whether to a prospect/candidate, or an employee, companies generally suck at making their equity valuable. So this was to help with that.
Medium: Lovable
Time: Maybe 2-3 hours of prompting/watching it build.
Salary Level Builder
https://compcurve-salary-band-designer-994103479301.us-west1.run.app
This one I really enjoyed making because I think the concept is novel. AI salaries continue to skyrocket and I talk to companies all the time that basically break their ranges with each hire. The challenge this then poses is the flow on effect to the rest of the people in those roles in the same/lower/higher levels. So with this tool you can enter the salary you paid your latest hire, and it will plot the midpoints for salaries at every other level. Helpful for preventing band compression or salary inversion etc.
Medium: Google AI Studio (tried something new here, Lovable is probably better though tbh)
Time: Maybe 2-3 hours of prompting/watching it build.
Board Report Builder
This one I can't link to, but as a solopreneur I run a monthly board meeting (less formal than it sounds) so that I take the time to see how i went last month against my goals and re-align on anything that might need it.
What this looks like in practice is this.
I write my board reports in Notion using a template.
Claude co-work connects to Notion, ClickUp (where I store my projects/CRM) — these are through MCP — and can access my browser for Xero (accounting) and Beehiiv (newsletter) or other sites.
It generates a new monthly board report and compiles all business development, marketing (like subscribers or followers etc.) data into the relevant template.
I then go through and can review the data (double checking it) and input my thoughts/sentiment on top of that.
It's taken a ~1-2 hour process down to about 30-45 minutes now, which is modest but super helpful. Plus Claude Cowork now lets you schedule this stuff which is super helpful, so I turned the directions into a skill and it now does this each month.
Very specific to my work as a consultant, but obvious parallels to HR reporting here.
Ok, that's three from me - what have you got?
And it doesn't need to be super advanced!
Even a recent prompt that helped you learn something new, or do something different.
The more we talk about this stuff the more we learn from one another!