A practical way to take small, intentional steps to build your AI skill set—and turn them into meaningful, measurable results.

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Now more than ever, in just about every role, people are expected to use AI tools to get more done in less time.

That expectation isn’t about working harder—it’s about working differently. AI has introduced new possibilities for how we prepare, decide, execute, and follow through. But realizing those benefits consistently requires more than access to tools. It requires a new mindset and a practical skill set that helps AI support the way you actually work.

The 20 Minute AI Habit was created to help you build that skill set—quickly, intentionally, and one habit at a time.

As your host, and the CEO of Change3, I’ll walk you through some of the simple habits I picked up to go from being a “zero AI” leader of a small, growing business to achieving big gains in productivity across my company. The earliest wins came from improving how we use time—especially around meetings and planning. This series is here to help you do the same—quickly, practically, and with results that will make your day.

How to Become More Strategic Using AI

AI is common. The opportunity now is learning how to use it more intentionally, more strategically—so you get more from every minute, more consistently, inside the tools you’re allowed to use.

Here are the three realities this series is designed to support:

AI use is widespread, but adoption at scale is uneven in larger organizations. Microsoft and LinkedIn report that 75% of knowledge workers use AI at work, and 46% of those users started within the last six months, which tells us adoption is both real and recent. At the same time, many organizations are still working through enablement, governance, and repeatable workflows that turn individual AI usage into consistent results. This is also where the “BYOAI” reality shows up—people using personal or unapproved tools because sanctioned options and training haven’t caught up—creating security and governance concerns.
In small and mid-sized businesses, leaders have a meaningful opportunity to adopt AI intentionally and “catch up” quickly. Adoption and readiness are mixed. For example, Gusto reports that 43% of small businesses have never considered using GenAI, while others have experimented or are already benefiting—showing a clear confidence and knowledge gap. In the middle market, RSM reports adoption is rising, but implementation is not frictionless—92% of firms using GenAI encountered challenges during rollout, including skill gaps and privacy/security concerns.
Across all companies, most AI users are still operating tactically, and there are opportunities to go further. Many people use AI for isolated tasks—drafting, summarizing, brainstorming. Fewer are using it across the workflows that shape the day: meetings, planning, decisions, execution, and follow-through. At the enterprise level, Gartner also reports that the top barrier to AI adoption is difficulty estimating and demonstrating value, which is often a sign that teams need clearer, more repeatable habits—not more tools.

The 20 Minute AI Habit is designed to help you move beyond tactical, task-by-task AI usage and into more intentional, intelligent ways of working—so you naturally begin thinking more strategically, operating more efficiently, and getting more done in less time.

Throughout the series, we’ll show examples using Microsoft 365 Copilot, because it’s what we’ve used to make meaningful gains securely across our growing business at Change3. And the habits themselves are tool agnostic—so you can apply them with any AI you’re using now or later.

Start Here: Episodes and How To Guides

Every episode includes a matching how to guide designed to be practical, repeatable, and easy to share with a team.

If you’re new, start with the theme that matches your current friction point:

Meetings taking too long
Follow through slipping
A calendar that feels full but not strategic
Focus time that never quite happens
Weekly plans that don’t adapt when reality changes

One habit is enough to start seeing real wins.

Episode Library by Theme (Episodes 1–20 with dates)

Episodes publish daily Monday through Friday starting Feb 18, 2026.

Episodes 1–10: Get More Out of Your Time

These episodes focus on meetings, calendars, focus, and follow through—the fastest way to reclaim time and reduce friction.

Episode	Title
1	Get More Out of Every Meeting
2	Unlock the Agenda
3	Switch from Notes to Action Capture
4	Reimagine Your Calendar
5	Turn Your Voice Into Action
6	Find More Time for Yourself
7	Create Real Focus With AI-Designed Time Blocks
8	Use AI to Make Your Follow-Through Effortless
9	Use AI to Create an Adaptive Weekly Plan
10	Use AI to Streamline Your Recurring Meeting Cadence

Episodes 11–20: Get More Out of Your Data

These episodes help you move from spreadsheets and reports to insight and clarity—without becoming a data expert.

Episode	Title
11	Clean Messy Data
12	Turn Rows into Insights
13	Generate Excel Formulas Automatically
14	Build a Simple Dashboard with No BI Team Needed
15	Automate Your Weekly Reports
16	Create a 5-Min Ops Report
17	Turn KPIs Into Plain English Insights
18	Spot Problems Early Using AI Trend Signals
19	Build a Simple 90-Day Forecast with AI
20	Find the Bottleneck Using AI Root Cause Analysis

Coming Soon! Episodes 21–30: Take Marketing Content to the Next Level with AI

These episodes focus on research, clarity, and reuse—helping you turn ideas and customer language into consistent, useful marketing without chaos.

Episode	Title
21	Turn One Idea Into a Week of Content With AI
22	Use AI for Free Online Research That Sharpens Your Ideas
23	Turn Research Into Clear Content Angles With AI
24	Repurpose Long Content Into Social Clips
25	Turn Customer Language Into Better Marketing
26	Build a Simple Content Calendar With AI
27	Social Listening Without the Noise
28	Turn Ideas Into Blogs, Articles, and Brochures With AI
29	Adapt One Message for Every Channel With AI
30	Create an Efficient, AI Enabled Marketing System Enabled Marketing System

Coming Soon! Episodes 31–40: AI for Leaders — Clear Decisions and Direction

These episodes show how leaders use AI as a thinking partner—to clarify priorities, evaluate tradeoffs, and set direction without outsourcing judgment.

Episode	Title
31	Run a Strategic SWOT Faster With AI
32	Turn Executive Goals Into a Clear Quarterly Direction
33	Structure Leadership Decisions With AI
34	Compare Strategic Options Without Overthinking
35	Synthesize Team Input Into Leadership Signals
36	Reduce Decision Fatigue at the Leadership Level
37	Prepare Clear Leadership Updates With AI
38	Spot Strategic Patterns You’re Too Close to See
39	Balance Speed and Quality in Leadership Decisions
40	Set Strategic Direction Without More Meetings

Books: Another Way to Build the Same Skills

The podcast episodes and how-to guides also roll up into a book series, so you can learn in a deeper, consolidated format.

The 20 Minute AI Habit—Volume 1: How to Get More From Your Time Using AI turns Episodes 1—10 into practical playbooks you can return to anytime. Each chapter delivers one win, one workflow, and one metric to track, with Microsoft 365 as the default path and platform-aware notes when needed.

Upcoming Books in 2026

Volume 2 (Episodes 11–20): Get More From Your Data With AI
Volume 3 (Episodes 21–30): Take Marketing Content to the Next Level with AI
Volume 4 (Episodes 31–40): AI for Leaders — Clear Decisions and Direction

Private Tutorials and Team Sessions

Some people prefer self-guided learning. Some teams want guided adoption.

You can request:

A private tutorial
A team workshop
A leadership session
A customized engagement aligned to your tools, policies, and goals

These sessions are built around practical implementation and measurable outcomes—so people gain confidence and consistency, not just ideas.

Request a Complimentary Consultation

How to Get Started

Start anywhere. Implement one workflow. See the difference this week.

If you’re new to the series:

Choose an episode that matches your friction point
Use the matching how-to guide and prompts
Apply one habit this week and track one result

That’s how habits form. That’s how confidence builds. That’s how AI becomes a steady advantage.

Easy AI Habits for Quick Wins at Work