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Practical AI Use Cases You Can Try Today

March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
by Claire

This week’s episode of Don’t Stop Us Now AI Edition brings you something a little different as we share behind the scenes insights into the different ways we’re currently using and experimenting with AI to improve our productivity.

AI tools are evolving so fast and we know how hard it is to try and keep up with it all. This is exactly why we’re sharing specific use case examples with you in this week’s episode. These practical use cases are all things you can try out for yourself today if you’re curious about easy ways to incorporate AI into your work and life but aren’t sure where to start.

As you’ll hear, we’ll share some useful and fun ways to test Perplexity’s Deep Research, Open AI’s image generation capabilities, and Google’s Notebook LM.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

How we transformed some everyday tasks using Perplexity’s new Deep Research
How AI-generated images have become dramatically more useful and accurate in recent months and what we’re using these images for
How to easily digest lengthy business reports by turning them into interactive audio conversations you can listen to while commuting or exercising, and
Practical advice for navigating privacy considerations while experimenting with AI

You’ll also get to listen in on a live conversation we have showcasing a new feature on Notebook LM that really ups the ante for quickly and easily finding the information you want in a dense and lengthy document.

There’s something for everyone to try here so enjoy this practical episode sharing real-world AI use cases and tips…

Useful Links

Perplexity AI

Google’s Notebook LM

ChatGPT (includes image generation capabilities)

Greta’s LinkedIn article on data poisoning

If you haven’t already, subscribe to Don’t Stop Us Now – AI Edition to stay in the know

Why not connect with Claire and Greta on LinkedIn to share your own AI use cases and experiences

Bonus Episode

2021 – That’s a Wrap!

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021
by Claire

We’re really thrilled to share a very different type of episode, one that features some of the best advice and insights from six of our incredible guests this year. We recap some of the key themes that emerged from 2021 AND we explore how to set yourself up for 2022.

If you’re looking for some perspective at the end of another crazy year filled with all the highs, lows, cancellations, and uncertainties that come with living during a global pandemic then you’re welcome! 🙂

After listening to these amazing and inspiring guests you’ll:

Hear what we and others think is most important, really
Be inspired by the simple steps you can take to build a better world; and
Feel equipped and ready to constructively farewell 2021 and welcome 2022 with the right mindset and the right priorities for you going forward.

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we’ve enjoyed revisiting our time with the amazing people who joined us this year.

Finally from both of us, we wish you and yours all the very best for a safe and joyous Festive Season and we look forward to sharing lots of adventures and insights with you in 2022.

Useful Links

Our full episode with Connie Mckeage

Connie on LinkedIn

Our full episode with Holly Ransom

Holly on LinkedIn

Our full episode with Adina Jacobs

Adina on LinkedIn

Our full episode with Tessa Clarke, Co-Founder of OLIO

Tessa on LinkedIn

Drawdown.org – great site if you want to educate yourself on climate change

Our full episode with Sarah Wilson

Sarah’s website

Our full episode with Dr J (Dr Jacinta Jimenez)

Jacinta on LinkedIn

How To Episode

How to Make Time Your Friend

March 25, 2019
by admin

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”

William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania

We know you’re probably a very busy person but you won’t want to miss this episode all about maximising your time.

It’s precisely because we all are so busy that pausing to think about how we’re using our time can be so worthwhile. William Penn may have lived in the late 1600’s and early 1700’s but he was spot on with his quote above about how we humans can use our time.

In this latest episode in our ‘How To’ series, we share a whole host of useful tools and approaches used by a variety of amazing leaders that will help you ensure you maximise your own precious time and reduce any frustration you feel about time racing by too fast or tasks taking you too long to achieve.

In this episode you’ll hear:

4 different ways to think about your time over the longer term and how being clear about your longer term priorities really makes a difference with your day to day work
4 approaches to tackle your day to day priorities and ‘To Do’ lists
Plus, one unique way one of our podcast guests has figured out to maximise her energy and productivity every week enabling her to get so much more done

Do yourself a favour and invest 30 minutes listening to this episode . . . it may well change your relationship with time.

Plus, we’d love to hear what works for you. Share your own time-saving or time-valuing tips and hacks with us at hello@dontstopusnow.co

The Covey Time Prioritisation Matrix mentioned in the episode:

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