“Fix It Friday” with AI

“Fix It Friday” is a ritual that involves setting aside time to use an AI tool to improve an existing process or workflow.

“Fix it Friday” with AI accomplishes two main goals:

1. It encourages teams to dedicate time to improve ineffective, inefficient, and/or tedious processes or workflows, which will make what they deliver – and their experience delivering it – better.
2. It incentivizes people to learn how to use AI, solve a real problem with it, and infuse it into everyday workflows.

“Fix It Friday” can be run as often as you’d like, but it usually makes the most sense to do it about once a month. That way, you and your team have enough time to identify a process or workflow that could be improved with AI and test the improvements before tackling another challenge during the next “Fix It Friday.”

Research shows that setting aside time as a team to put AI solutions into practice can:

1. Bridge the AI-adoption gap: 79% of executives and 63% of knowledge workers see AI’s importance, but aren’t sure how to use it in their work. Yet teams who know how to leverage AI in their day-to-day are 1.9x more likely to be effective and productive.
2. Reduce uncertainty: Regular experimentation as a team offers tangible examples of AI use cases, highlights their value, and builds team member confidence in using AI for real work. 
3. Unlock transformative benefits: Team members that treat AI as a problem-solving partner report improved work quality, time savings (amounting to an extra workday per week), and increased motivation. As an added benefit, teams whose leaders encourage AI experimentation save 55% more time daily.