RELACTIS Blog
How people actually use AI
Essays and field guides built on the 15 AI usage types.
Write the Same Result Three Different Ways
One page to everyone gets read while nothing happens. The same number implies a different action depending on where you sit, so the report splits into three audiences.
When AI Only Made the Mistakes Faster
Summaries got faster; deciding did not. Five things block the crossing from using generative AI to redesigning work around it, and four of them have nothing to do with AI.
Why Your AI Use-Case Inventory Comes Back Empty
Hunting for big, repeatable processes is the playbook from the previous decade. Generative AI earns its keep on small work that goes differently every time, and that work has no name on it.
Choosing AI Tools: The Meeting That Decides Nothing
A comparison grid takes half a day. Six months later the same three people are the only ones logging in. Change one agenda line, from which tool to whose decision changes.
You Ran the Survey. Then You Emailed the Results.
Measuring is not the goal. A survey becomes real work only when people leave knowing which role their team is missing. The 60-minute design we actually run.
Nobody's Ignoring AI. The Calendar Is Full.
The quiet month never arrives. Managers defer AI adoption because they sit where the load concentrates. How to stop waiting for room and start handing pieces off.
Saying No Takes Three Seconds. Doing It Takes Three Weeks.
A three-second question in a meeting can stall three weeks of work, and nobody meant any harm. What to say instead, and where to seat the sharpest person you have.
Before You Hire an AI Expert, Recombine the People You Have
When AI adoption stalls, "nobody here really knows AI" leaves you two moves: hire, or train everybody. Try a third. Name who fills four slots on one initiative and the place it stops becomes obvious.
Who Does What with AI
Training everyone the same way is how adoption stalls in one corner. Finding, trying, checking, fixing in place, spreading: look for whatever nobody is holding.
You Ran AI Training. Why Isn't Anyone Using It?
Satisfaction was high, yet a month later the same few people are the only ones using it. The blocker is rarely knowledge — it is that everyone got the same session.
What AI Skills Tests Can't Measure
Scoring people on AI ability tells you who knows the tools, not who should pilot them, own quality, or teach.
The Team AI Map: How to See Your Org's AI Adoption in One Chart
Usage dashboards show the size of the gap, not its shape. What a distribution of the 15 types reveals, including the role nobody on your team is holding.
Slack's 5 AI Personas vs. the 15 AI Usage Types
Slack's Workforce Lab sketched five AI personas. Here's what an extra level of resolution buys you, and where the five map onto the fifteen.
Is There a Real AI Personality Quiz?
Most 'AI personality quizzes' are entertainment. What would a measured, repeatable one look like? A field guide to telling the difference.
What Type of AI User Are You? A Field Guide to Your Coworkers
The colleague who templates everything. The one who quietly refuses. The one who's already three tools ahead. You'll recognize all of them.
The Quiet Abstainer: The Most Misunderstood Person in the AI Era
They say 'looks useful' and never open the tool. That's not laziness, and pushing harder makes it worse. A profile in empathy.
From Critic to Verifier: When AI Skepticism Is a Superpower
The person asking 'source?' isn't blocking your AI adoption. Used well, they're the quality layer everyone else forgot to build.
AI Usage Style Test: What the 7 Factors Actually Measure
Creation, Crossover, Autonomy, Advocacy, Systemization, Verification, Engagement: what each factor means and why no high score is 'best'.