There’s nothing like wrapping up a 10-hour day, closing Slack, and realizing…you didn’t actually do anything! You just responded to one fire after another.
After 30 years in the game, trust me, I’ve been stuck in that loop more times than I care to admit. Especially when we were flooded with internal feedback on how to improve workplace culture, we would have hundreds, sometimes thousands, of employee insights. But they were mostly qualitative, messy, and complicated to synthesize without bias or burnout. We’d spend days combing through comments, trying to pull signal from noise.
And even then, we’d second-guess the conclusions. Did we miss a trend? Did we project our own bias into the summary?
But now?
AI doesn’t just accelerate that process; it transforms it!
Tools like Claude and Humata take all of that qualitative feedback and turn it into clean, strategic insight in minutes.
What once drained us now fuels smarter decisions.
This is the shift from firefighting to futurist.
And it starts with learning how to prompt like a pro.
THIS WEEK’S INSIGHTS:
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AI isn’t replacing your talent; it’s enhancing it. Prompting is now a leadership skill, and qualitative analysis is no longer a manual burden.
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Reactive professionals wait for problems. Strategic ones ask better questions because prompting well means leading well.
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Claude + ChatGPT should be in your evergreen toolkit, but this week’s sleeper hit? Humata.ai is your AI-powered analyst for document deep dives.
TRENDS
“Employees are more ready for AI than their leaders think.” – McKinsey Digital, 2024
In fact, they’re already using it. Quietly. Eagerly. And the smartest ones are turning it into a competitive edge.
A Business Insider study found that AI-assisted teams produced higher-quality outcomes and improved emotional well-being, especially among less experienced professionals. That’s not just productivity. That’s workforce transformation.
AI is no longer just a tech trend.
It’s a people-performance multiplier.
And those who learn to prompt it effectively? They don’t just respond better.
They lead better.
TIPS
Limiting Belief:
“I’m too busy putting out fires to think strategically.”
Empowering Shift:
“When I prompt well, I gain clarity and lead smarter.”
How AI Helps:
Claude, ChatGPT, and Humata distill complex info fast—freeing your brain for higher-level decision-making.
Limiting Belief:
“Qualitative data is too messy to act on.”
Empowering Shift:
“AI turns feedback into insight I can trust.”
How AI Helps:
AI-powered tools reduce bias and make large-scale feedback usable at speed.
TOOLS
AI Prompts to Supercharge Strategy:
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“Summarize this 50-page employee feedback file and extract recurring concerns and potential solutions.”
→ Try it with: Claude or Humata.ai -
“Based on this week's meetings and tasks, what are the top 3 priorities I should focus on next week?”
→ Try it with: ChatGPT + calendar context or integrations -
“Write a 2-minute executive summary of this operational report for my leadership team.”
→ Try it with: Claude or Gemini
New AI Tool to Try:
Humata.ai – Drop in your longest reports, engagement surveys, or internal docs and ask natural-language questions like:
“What are the biggest concerns raised in this document?”
or
“What action items should I prioritize based on this?”
Saves hours… and makes you look like a strategist, not just a responder.
Are you upskilling firefighters? Or developing futurists?
Closing Thought
For high-performing professionals, prompting is the key that unlocks strategy. Not just survival.
But here’s the bigger picture.
If you’re a CHRO, Chief Culture Officer, Chief Engagement Officer, or HR leader, this isn’t just about tools. It’s about talent transformation.
Your future-ready workforce won’t get there by accident.
They need skills, not just systems.
They need AI fluency, not just dashboards.
So ask yourself...
👉🏽 Are you upskilling firefighters? Or developing futurists?
Because prompting isn’t a tech skill anymore. It’s a leadership one.
It brings a smile to my face when I think about the things my abuela used to say. Somehow, they still hit...even in a corporate setting.
“Camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente.”
(The shrimp that falls asleep gets swept away by the current.)
That one? It sticks.
Because if your talent isn’t evolving with AI, they are not just standing still. THEY'RE FALLING BEHIND.
Let’s move forward. Not drift back.
Hasta la próxima, Abrazos!
Monica Marquez
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