Your Weekly AI Power-Up : Start "Workflowing"

“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” — General George S. Patton

Fear is a powerful saboteur. I’ve watched brilliant teams freeze at every big tech shift—cloud, mobile, SaaS—and now AI. We cling to familiar tools because “good enough” feels safe, yet that comfort keeps us from the great results generative AI is already delivering. The truth? Today’s AI is more than good enough to do real work—and it will only get better. Your job is to move, not wait.

📢 AI News You Can Use

1. Pinterest Empowers Employees to Build AI Tools Source: Business Insider, May 2025 Pinterest's Makeathon invites employees across departments to build internal AI tools. One standout result is a document-search chatbot now handling 4,000 queries per month. This workflow supports knowledge management and internal efficiency across engineering, legal, and operations teams. It proves that non-technical staff can actively contribute to AI innovation. Workflow Example: Document search and knowledge retrieval Takeaway: Encourage bottom-up innovation—AI adoption scales when the tools are built by the users who need them. URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/pinterest-hackathons-makeathon-employees-lead-generative-ai-tools-innovation-2025-5

2. Dell Highlights Real-World AI Wins from Customers Source: ITPro, May 2025 At Dell Technologies World, customers like JPMorgan Chase and Lowe's shared concrete GenAI successes. JPMorgan uses Dell’s AI Factory for high-speed data processing in finance ops, while Lowe’s leverages AI for in-store automation and inventory forecasting. Workflow Example: Data lake analysis, inventory optimization, NLP-enabled customer service Takeaway: AI wins happen where infrastructure meets execution—Dell shows how end-to-end support unlocks value fast. URL: https://www.itpro.com/hardware/live/dell-technologies-world-2025-all-the-news-and-updates-live-from-las-vegas

3. Consulting Firms Operationalize Generative AI Source: Business Insider, April 2025 McKinsey, BCG, and Deloitte are embedding AI into internal and client workflows. McKinsey’s chatbot Lilli supports research and knowledge retrieval. BCG’s Deckster builds pitch decks in minutes. Deloitte’s Zora AI assists in tax documentation and audit compliance. Workflow Example: Client proposal generation, tax filing automation, document QA Takeaway: Leading firms aren’t just advising on GenAI—they’re running their operations with it. AI is now table stakes for consulting execution. URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/consulting-ai-mckinsey-bcg-deloitte-pwc-kpmg-chatbots-ai-tools-2025-4

4. SAP and AWS Co-Innovate for AI-Powered ERP Source: CIO.com, May 2025 SAP and AWS launched an AI Co-Innovation Program to embed GenAI in ERP systems across finance, supply chain, and customer operations. Early adopters receive cloud credits and engineering support to accelerate AI application. Workflow Example: Automated invoice matching, inventory forecasting, customer order routing Takeaway: GenAI isn’t just for dashboards—SAP and AWS are embedding it at the infrastructure layer to reshape business ops. URL: https://www.cio.com/article/3993205/sap-and-aws-launch-co-innovation-program-to-accelerate-enterprise-ai-adoption.html

5. Deloitte: AI Use Now Standard in 71% of Enterprises Source: Deloitte, Year-End 2024 Deloitte’s year-end report shows 71% of enterprises now use GenAI in at least one business function—up from 65% six months prior. Marketing and IT lead adoption, but finance and HR are catching up. Workflow Example: Marketing campaign copywriting, IT helpdesk triage, resume parsing Takeaway: AI is no longer experimental—enterprises now expect every team to explore and implement functional automation. URL: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/consulting/articles/state-of-generative-ai-in-enterprise.html

6. OpenAI’s Enterprise AI Guide Shares 7 Lessons from the Field Source: OpenAI, May 2025 OpenAI released a 24-page guide, “AI in the Enterprise,” summarizing 7 key lessons learned from real deployments with companies like Klarna and Morgan Stanley. The guide emphasizes practical leadership, cross-functional teams, risk management, and the need to shift from pilot thinking to scalable workflows. Workflow Example: Knowledge assistant copilots, contract summarization, internal RAG tools Takeaway: GenAI execution starts with strategy—but wins come from shipping real tools, fast. URL: https://cdn.openai.com/business-guides-and-resources/ai-in-the-enterprise.pdf

🔍 From Fear to Workflow: Moving Beyond “Is AI Accurate?”

Listener question (recent tech podcast): “How do you make sure AI is giving you true info? Do you customize your back‑end settings?” Host’s reply: “I don’t tweak the back‑end. I don’t need perfect answers. I need a fast first draft that sparks ideas. Then I double‑check with humans. AI is an ideating partner, not an oracle.”

That exchange captures today’s biggest GenAI roadblock: fear of inaccuracy masquerading as a technical objection.

❌ The Myth

• “We can’t use AI until it’s 100% correct.”

✅ The Reality

Every company above proves you can create value with AI now:

• Pinterest rolled out an internal doc‑search bot ‑> 4,000 queries/month saved.

• JPMorgan & Lowe’s use Dell’s AI Factory to accelerate data workflows + inventory ops.

• McKinsey & Deloitte deploy copilots that cut research and audit prep by hours.

• SAP + AWS embed GenAI inside ERP so invoices match and orders route automatically.

• 71 % of enterprises (Deloitte report) already run GenAI in at least one function.

• OpenAI’s 7 lessons: success = ship small tools, iterate, expand.

🛠 What AI “Workflowing” Look Like 

Inside leading companies, generative‑AI workflows are already saving hours every day. A chatbot now surfaces the right policy clause in seconds instead of forcing people to dig through shared drives. Sales teams can turn a call transcript into a polished, branded proposal in about fifteen minutes, replacing the half‑day of copy‑and‑paste drudgery. Finance teams let an ERP copilot match purchase orders to invoices automatically and send only the odd exception to a person for review, while supply‑chain groups feed live demand signals into a language model that refreshes safety‑stock levels every night so stores stay stocked without over‑ordering. None of this requires new head‑count or exotic research—just the tools staff already use, now accelerated by GenAI.

💡 Leader’s Mindset

Executives who capture real value treat AI as a productivity partner, not a crystal ball. They keep people in the loop to check the outputs where errors would sting, but they do not stall progress chasing theoretical perfection. They value speed: an eighty‑percent draft produced in a few seconds lets a team out‑run its competition. And they celebrate visible adoption—proving that usage, not PowerPoint, marks genuine progress.

Stop auditioning prompts. Start scaling results. Start "Workflowing"

Stop asking if AI is perfect; ask if it moves the work forward. Every workflow above shows it does. Simple Academy accelerates AI adoption by giving every role—marketing, finance, HR, ops, execs—pre‑built workflows that work right out of the box.

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📍 Closing Thought

“The only thing limiting our thinking is our own thinking.” — Barry Price

Every tech breakthrough I’ve witnessed—started the same way: a small team ignored the fear, created something useful, and proved the value in days, not months.

This week, pick a task that drains your calendar, and give Gen AI the first draft. Measure the hours saved, share the win, and watch momentum spread.

Barry Price, AI Success Advisor

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