My Digital Compass: A Framework for AI-Augmented Work

October 10, 2025

As a professional dedicated to digital transformation and innovation, I believe in strategically leveraging technology to enhance creativity, optimize processes, and drive impactful communication. This document outlines my framework for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool to augment my work, ensuring efficiency and quality while upholding a firm commitment to human oversight and authenticity.

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Core Philosophy: AI as a Strategic Co-Pilot

My goal is to use AI not as a substitute for human intellect and experience, but as a strategic co-pilot. I leverage its capabilities to accelerate research, synthesize complex information, and handle repetitive tasks. This approach frees up critical time for what truly matters: deep strategic thinking, architectural design, and fostering genuine human connection with clients, partners, and stakeholders.

My AI-Augmented Workflow

I am transparent about my use of AI in my digital presence. Here’s a practical breakdown of how it assists me:

Strategic Content Development: I use AI for initial brainstorming, generating structural outlines for articles or posts, and summarizing complex research for platforms like LinkedIn. The core insights, analysis, and final narrative are always my own.
Enhanced Stakeholder Communication: To ensure maximum clarity and impact, I use AI to refine the tone, grammar, and structure of emails and reports, ensuring my message is always professional and effective.
Workflow & Process Optimization: I utilize automation tools (like n8n) to connect applications and streamline repetitive workflows, applying the same principles of process optimization I use in my professional projects to my own work.
Data-Informed Engagement: For social media, AI can assist in analyzing engagement data to help me better understand what topics and formats resonate most with my audience.

My Commitment to Authenticity

This is my promise to you:

Every piece of content published under my name has been personally reviewed, edited, and validated by me. AI may help draft an idea or suggest a turn of phrase, but I am always the final architect of the message. I take full responsibility for the accuracy, quality, and authenticity of everything I produce. AI is a powerful tool, but it serves my strategic vision—not the other way around.

I'm the captain

Transparency in Practice

To maintain clarity, I use a simple system to indicate when AI has played a role in my content:

✨ (AI-Assisted): When you see this emoji on a post or in an email signature, it signifies that AI participated in some part of the process, as outlined in my workflow above.
Disclosure Note: For more in-depth content where AI's contribution was significant (e.g., initial drafting or heavy research synthesis), I will include a clear, plain-text disclosure. In occasions, when the content format is restricted (limited by character count or small in nature, I might add the ✨ icon at the end even when AI contribution was significant.

I'm Helping

Acknowledging the Challenge, Committing to a Solution (Why do I care?)

Generative AI is a transformative tool that unlocks human potential, but I fear its disproportionate and irresponsible use threatens the integrity of our digital world. This isn't a distant threat; it's a current reality fueling widespread concern over an "AI-pocalypse" or the "death of the internet" due to the proliferation of low-quality "AI Slop."

The evidence is clear and growing. Independent trackers like NewsGuard have already identified hundreds of unreliable, AI-generated news (UAIN) sites that churn out misinformation. This erodes public trust, with a 2024 Reuters Institute report finding that audiences globally are deeply suspicious of news created mostly by AI. The problem extends into science, where academic integrity is being compromised by what researchers call "junk science"—AI-fabricated papers from fraudulent "paper mills" flooding platforms like Google Scholar.

My response is not to abandon these powerful tools, but to champion a model of moderated and transparent usage. I believe the most effective way to contribute is to be vocal and clear about how and when I use AI. This "Digital Compass" is my foundational commitment. As my process evolves, I will expand this transparency to include:

Specific Tools: Public information on the LLMs and other AI tools used in my work.
Ecological Impact: Data and context regarding the environmental footprint of my AI usage (read partial report), and my actions to compensate said impact.

Thank you for your interest in my process. I believe a transparent and thoughtful approach to technology is essential for navigating the future of work.