· Episode 44 · 15 June 2026 · 00:08:51
Season 3 RerunAI is making everyday thinking easier.It can draft the email, summarise the report, suggest the idea, organise the information and help us get started faster.That can be incredibly usef…
Episode 41
AI in Workflows: How to Build Your Personal AI Stack
· 00:08:05
Season 1 RerunAI becomes far more useful when it stops being “just a chatbot”.The real shift happens when AI becomes part of your workflow.Research. Writing. Planning. Meetings. Analysis. Decision support. Organisation. Automation. More people are building personal AI stacks that combine tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot, Gemini, automation platforms, and AI-assisted workflows into everyday work.This episode revisits one of the strongest-performing episodes in the Decoded catalogue because the conversation around AI has changed.As we no longer ask, "Should I use AI?”, we're continually asking, “How do I actually use it properly?”So, in this episode, we revisit:What a personal AI stack actually isWhy different AI tools perform differentlyHow people are combining AI tools into workflowsThe risks of relying on one tool for everythingWhy good AI use is becoming a workplace capabilityAs Decoded: AI for Everyone moves towards Season 4 and Applied Intelligence, this episode becomes a bridge between understanding AI and operationalising it.Because the future of AI lies in how the tools work together.Resources and tools:Show Website: Decoded-podcast.comPrompts & Tools: PromptEngineeringCookBook.comAI Research: Strategen-AI.comMore on Joel: JoelLeslie.com.au
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Before we get into this episode, a quick note. This was originally recorded when building a personal AI stack often meant stitching tools together manually. You'll hear references to platforms like Zapier and other connectors as ways to link ChatGPT into your workflow. That world is moving quickly. Many AI platforms now have built-in connectors, deeper integrations, agent modes, and workflow features that reduce the need for some of those older workarounds. So treat this episode less as a tool-by-tool guide and more as the original idea. AI becomes much more useful when it moves from isolat…
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