Mike and Scott start talking about technology but end up spending most of their time talking about AI! They walk through four levels of using AI, why obedient AI can slow a team down when nobody applies judgment, and a listener Q&A on what business leaders leave too late.

Drinking beer from: Parrotdog - Italian Pilsner (5.3%)

Eating a pie from: Wen and Yen - Malaysian Chicken Curry

You'll learn:

-A simple rule for when to use a tool and when to use a person;

-Four levels of using AI, from basic prompting through projects to agents;

-The important gap between AI slop and useful output, and why you should avoid passing unchecked AI work on to your team;

-What do business leaders leave too late? Calling out bad behaviour and switching from thrive to survive mode;

-and why judgment is the human edge in an AI era.

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Mike and Scott take on meetings, why most of them waste time and money, and how to run them so they earn their place in the calendar. They cover the types of meeting, the Amazon method of reading a briefing note together in silence, and a listener Q&A on what to look for when hiring.

Drinking beer from: North End Brewery - Super Alpha Pacific Pale Ale (5%)

Eating a pie from: Orewa Bakery - Moroccan Lamb

You'll learn:

-Why you shouldn't mix "working in the business" and "working on the business" in one meeting;

-The different meeting types, how often you should have them and how long each one should take;

-How to frame every meeting before you schedule it;

-and why batching similar kinds of work, such as putting all your people-facing meetings on one day, protects the rest of your week for focused work.

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Mike and Scott get into the metric every business owner loves to hate: KPIs. They break down why most businesses pick the wrong ones, and introduce the traffic-light system that replaces pass/fail pressure with a simple "who needs help" culture.

Drinking beer from: Panhead - Port Road Pilsner (5.2%)

Eating a pie from: The Receptionist - Steak and Cheese

You'll learn:

-The difference between lead measures (what you can directly influence) and lag measures (the results you actually want), and why most owners fixate on the wrong one;

-Why a KPI only means something when it connects upward to your business's true north, not just a random industry benchmark;

-How the Red-Amber-Green (RAG) system reframes performance as "who needs help" instead of pass or fail;

-What a healthy RAG spread actually looks like, and why staying green for six cycles straight is a sign to raise the bar, not celebrate;

-and a simple AI prompting trick: ask your own AI agent to review your past prompts and tell you how to prompt it better.

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