To teach a mindshift change like AI adoption, I’ve tried to:
- Workshop: get them to do it. “Let’s try something. Can you share your screen?”
- Live-code: show them how. “I’ll share screens and tyep this.”
- Demo: show what’s possible. “Here’s what I built.”
- Talk: explain it. “Here’s something we can build.”
- Interview: ask them about it. “What do you think?”
- Listen: let them yap.
The most effective are on top.
But there is one intervention I didn’t evaluate:
- Exercise: give them a problem to solve.
This takes more time and patience on my part, but might have the highest value.
What this means for me is:
- Don’t live-code. Workshop it. “Can you share your screen and try that?” Preferably as an open-ended problem.
- Don’t demo/talk. Live-code it. “Let me share my screen and try that.”
- Prepare micro-experiments. Keep a ready catalog if things to try.