For a while after I was diagnosed with ADHD in my thirties, I wondered if I was losing my mind. I'm one of the most organized people I know — voice memos, phone notes, computer notes, alerts for everything — and it still wasn't enough to keep my brain from dropping the ball. That fall, in 2023, I was teaching one of the first AI prompt-writing classes in the country, carrying a full course load and a research agenda on top of mom duties: the family's schedule, the kid's sched

A workplace where everyone feels valued is the first step to building successful AI integration. (Image by Mesaros-Winckles generated by Google Gemini) When I talk with business owners and executives about their AI rollout, I hear a version of the same story: "We've adopted AI." What that usually means is everyone got a license — ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude — and a few people use it to answer questions or brainstorm. That's access. It is not adoption. Real adoption means your tea

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Created by C. Mesaros-Winckles using Google Gemini Quick answer: Prompt writing is not a technical skill, it is a communication skill. The people who get the best results from AI are the ones who already know how to brief a colleague, define an audience and ask a clear question. AI just gives them a new place to use it. I once stood in front of a room of college students and asked them to write a single sentence telling a computer what to do. Half of them typed “help me with

Quick answer: PRSA's Ethical Standard Advisory #22 states that AI agents are tools, not ethical actors, and the human deploying them is accountable. Before any AI agent acts on your behalf, answer five questions: disclosure, review, access, accountability and literacy. I was recently at a local AI workshop for small business owners when the trainer asked the room a simple question: what is the difference between agentic AI and generative AI? Silence. A few people glanced at t

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