How I actually use ChatGPT in my work week is probably not how most people imagine it. It is not about shortcuts, automation for its own sake, or replacing human thinking. It is about clarity, structure, inclusion, and time, the four things that many other leaders and I never seem to have enough of.
There is a lot of noise around AI. Hype. Fear. Big promises. But in my world, made up of speaking globally, consultancy work supporting inclusion and working within inclusive technologies, AI has to be practical. It has to solve real problems. It has to create better outcomes for people.
So this is not a theory.
This is how it genuinely fits into my week.
How I Actually Use ChatGPT in My Work Week for Content Strategy
Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, I publish content. Blogs. LinkedIn posts. Thought leadership around resilience, leadership, inclusion and AI.
ChatGPT helps me structure my thinking, not replace it.
I will often start with a core message, usually born from lived experience or a leadership conversation I’ve had that week. I map out the challenge, the reflection, the lesson, and the purpose. That rhythm matters to me. It mirrors how I speak on stage.
Where ChatGPT becomes powerful is in refinement.
It helps me test clarity. Tighten language. Strengthen flow. ChatGPT also lets me braindump what I want to say verbally with audio tech, then translates it into some sort of understandable format. Think of it like a member of the team writing your ideas down in shorthand and then typing them up later with their spin on what they think you are trying to say. Only it’s all done in seconds.
Sometimes I will ask it to challenge my framing. “Where is this unclear?” or “What assumptions am I making here?” That outside perspective sharpens the message before it ever reaches an audience.
It is not writing for me. It is thinking with me. And that difference is important. It’s about grasping what I want to say in a language that my audience, i.e., you, will beable to engage with.
How I Actually Use ChatGPT in My Work Week for Inclusion Consultancy
Inclusion work is complex. It involves policy, behaviour, systems, leadership psychology, and compliance. When I am designing workplace inclusion audits or reviewing organisational culture strategies, I use ChatGPT as a strategic sounding board.
For example, I might input a draft inclusion policy and ask:
- Where are the gaps?
- Is the language accessible?
- Does this unintentionally exclude anyone?
- Is it compliance-led or culture-led?
The value here is speed. But the real value is that the response is not opinion-led or emotionally charged.
Instead of spending three hours restructuring a document, I can pressure-test it in thirty minutes and then apply my lived experience and professional judgement to refine it properly.
I also use it to simplify language. Inclusion fails when it becomes academic. If frontline staff cannot understand a policy, it will not be lived.
Clarity is inclusion.
Turning Conversations into Action
I use tools like Otter AI to transcribe meetings and strategy calls. ChatGPT then helps me turn raw transcripts into structured summaries, action lists, or follow-up frameworks.
This is particularly powerful after:
- Leadership workshops
- Keynote briefing sessions
- Client discovery calls
- Inclusion audit feedback meetings
Rather than sitting with pages of notes, I can quickly extract themes, risks, recurring language patterns, and strategic priorities.
It reduces cognitive load.
And when you live with chronic pain or fatigue, reducing cognitive load is not a luxury. It is a necessity.
When used properly, AI becomes an accessibility tool. Oh, and did I mention you can also train it to remove any unnecessary chit-chat from the notes? Life saver.
Decision-Making and Scenario Testing
One of the most underrated ways I use ChatGPT is for scenario testing.
If I am considering a new programme launch, partnership, or keynote theme, I will ask it to critique the idea from different perspectives:
It forces me to step outside my own bias. Inclusive leadership requires perspective-taking.
AI can accelerate that process if you ask the right questions.
Efficiency Without Losing Humanity
The fear around AI is that it removes the human element.
In my experience, the opposite is true. By automating low-value friction, formatting, restructuring, and summarising, I protect my own energy and my team’s effort for high-value human work. Things like Coaching conversations. Getting better at Client relationships. I can practice my stage delivery. But mostly, I can look at my strategy and think it through.
Resilience is not about doing more. It is about sustaining impact over time.
If a tool helps me protect capacity while improving clarity, that is not laziness. That is efficiency.
The Boundaries I Keep
There are things I will not outsource. My lived experience is fundamentally this: my story, and although I have taken the time to teach ChatGPT how that unfolds and how to weave it into my everyday work, it is still mine to own. My judgement will always have the final say and my gut feeling still do me proud. My ethical decisions and values will always remain true.
ChatGPT is a co-pilot. It is not the pilot.
It works best when guided by clear values, strong prompting, and critical thinking. Without those, it simply amplifies noise.
With them, it becomes a powerful strategic ally.
Why This Matters for Leaders
If you are in a leadership role and not exploring AI practically, you are not falling behind because of technology.
You are falling behind due to inefficiency. Time is the one resource we cannot regenerate. AI, used responsibly, gives leaders as well as staff back time. And what we do with that time determines culture. So, use it to think better, to communicate clearly with different people at different times, allow it to help you remove barriers.
That is how I actually use ChatGPT in my work week.
Not as a gimmick.
Not as a shortcut.
But as a tool for resilience, inclusion, and smarter leadership.
I also work with other Inclusive Technologies and support organisations, large and small, to help them implement them to best support time and growth.