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Welcome to another Cult of Thoughts exclusive edition.

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Today, is the craziest thing I might have done in a long time.

I've written an 8 part playbook on "How to launch a successful AI-powered L&D product in your organisation" exclusively for you (The Cult of Thoughts community).

For the next 6 months we will:

• Explore a new section of the playbook every month

• Monthly office hours where we unpack each part of the playbook

• Videos on how to implement each part in real work projects

• Live conversations with industry pros who've deployed AI products for L&D

This could be the best thing I've ever done or...it might be the end of me.

Let's hope the former!

We kick off with Part 1: The (Hidden) System Behind Every Successful AI Product Launch.

If you’re not a member of the cult, don’t worry. I’ll speak with you in the free edition on Tuesday.

Get your tea 🍵 or beverage of choice ready.

We've got lots to discuss!

The (Hidden) System Behind Every Successful AI Product Launch

Here’s the scene:

CTO/CEO: “We’ll launch it to our entire workforce, and they’ll figure it out. It’s AI after all, they don’t need an instruction manual. Either they get onboard or get left behind.”

6 months later…

CEO: "How's our new AI-powered product been performing among the teams?”

CTO: “Erh, it’s been pretty crap, I’m not gonna lie.”

CEO: “What? Why? How? - you told me this would be easy”

CTO: “Turns out we didn’t do our research. People are complaining about not understanding what it is or how to use it. Plus the back office teams weren’t aware they had to deal with routed queries and no one took ownership for nurturing all our data. Nearly 95% of teams are still just emailing HR.”

CEO: “So we spent a million dollars for people to keep using a 90s technology”

CTO: ”...”

Maybe you’ve been in rooms with conversations like this or heard the old tales around the office.

Sadly, they’re becoming commonplace with teams who launch a product but ignore the system (or what clients know I call ‘the village’) that makes it successful. I’ve sat in these rooms. The people are well-intentioned but often clueless to both the time and effort to make the launch of a new technology product successful.

That’s not just limited to AI, but since it is the current ‘in vogue’ technology, this is what I want to focus on.

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