 | | | Hello again. Can AI help us make more room for people? Gensler’s 2026 Global Workplace Survey offers an encouraging signal: frequent AI users reported more time for learning and stronger team relationships. A separate study of AI-assisted conversations adds a useful caution about preserving your own voice. Together, these findings frame three small experiments in curiosity, listening, and follow-through—skills you can start practicing this week. Innovation Lounge helps you find out your distinctly human strengths and build the skills you need to thrive with AI. Learn, try, share, join, and create impact together. Evaluate your strengths with our free surveys and choose one human skill to develop next. You are part of a selected group of test users for the Strengths360 launch. For the next 30 days, use the founder code FOUNDER100 at checkout to access the monthly or annual plan at no cost. Please tell us what worked, what was confusing, and what you would improve—and, if it feels useful, help us share the application with others who may want to test it. | | | 3 ways to use AI and make more room for peopleA seven-day experiment in curiosity, listening, and follow-through. | | |  💼 Human + AI at WorkThe signal: Gensler’s 2026 Global Workplace Survey, released March 10, examined how AI use relates to working life. Its sample of 16,459 full-time office workers across 16 countries was surveyed in July–September 2025. AI power users reported spending 12% of their workweek learning, compared with 8% among late adopters, and 37% working alone, compared with 42%. They also reported stronger team relationships. These are self-reported associations; the survey does not establish that AI caused the differences. Why it matters: The useful question is what we choose to do with AI’s help. Preparing a clearer agenda or exploring questions before a meeting can support learning and conversation when we still make time for the people involved. That connects the research to this week’s three practices: question your assumptions, rehearse before listening, and follow through on a commitment. Treat them as experiments to evaluate, not guaranteed outcomes of adopting AI. Try it at work: Use AI to prepare one low-stakes conversation, then give the person your attention. Judge the experiment by what you learn and follow through on, alongside any time saved. | | |  🌱 Human + AI for LifeThe signal: Personal communication has its own evidence. In the 2023 study Artificial Intelligence in Communication Impacts Language and Social Relationships, researchers tested AI-suggested replies in two randomized experiments. The first involved 219 pairs discussing a policy issue: using suggested replies increased communication speed and positive language, but people rated partners less favorably when they suspected AI use. A second experiment with 299 pairs showed that the suggestions’ emotional tone influenced the tone of the conversation. Why it matters: A helpful rewrite can also change how you sound. This is separate from Gensler’s workplace survey, and these brief experimental exchanges do not demonstrate lasting benefits for friendships or family relationships. Our practical takeaway is to use AI to prepare while keeping your intentions, boundaries, and attention your own. The goal is a conversation that reflects what you mean and responds to the person in front of you. Bring it into life: A polished message can make it easier to reach out, but a relationship still needs your attention. Before asking AI to rewrite a note to a friend, write down what you actually want to say. Compare the suggestions with your intention: did the tool add a promise, soften a boundary, or make the message sound unlike you? Keep only changes you mean. Then put the tool away and have the conversation. Ask one follow-up based on what the person actually says. This is a practice to try and reflect on, not a proven result of using AI. | | |  | STRENGTHS360 Discover your human strengths.Explore your strengths, compare your results where benchmarks are available, and choose one skill to grow. Try our free surveys →Start free. No credit card required. |
| | | 🧠 Three small ways to practice the human skillsThese are practical experiments inspired by the evidence, not a tested three-step intervention. Pick one for the next seven days. 1. Practice curiosity before asking for answers. Write what you know and what you may be assuming before using AI to suggest questions. This gives you a view to compare with its output. Five-minute start: choose one assumption and one open question for a colleague. Use the survey's learning-time finding as a reason to protect learning, not as a promised result. In Strengths360, explore Critical Thinking as a starting point for reflection. 2. Rehearse, then listen. Use an AI roleplay to try a conversation opener. The purpose is preparation; the real person's response determines your next question. Five-minute start: rehearse once, close the tool, and ask someone what you have missed. The survey's relationship finding is an association; it does not validate AI coaching. Reflect on your approach with Human-Centered Leadership in Strengths360. 3. Turn intention into follow-through. Ask AI to break one commitment into a small action, then choose the action yourself. This makes your next step explicit rather than leaving it inside a generated plan. Five-minute start: write “After my next meeting, I will check one assumption with a colleague.” Record the commitment in Strengths360. At week's end, note whether you did it and what changed; do not treat a self-assessment score as proof that AI caused an improvement. | | | 🛠️ Practice with AICopy this prompt into your preferred assistant. If voice mode is available, try saying your answers aloud: Help me prepare one conversation while practicing curiosity and listening. Use voice mode if available. Ask one question at a time and wait; ask no more than three: What do I want to understand? What assumption might I be making? What will I do after the conversation? Then roleplay a brief exchange and suggest one follow-up question. Do not invent the other person's feelings. Finish with a five-minute action and a seven-day reflection. I will use fictional details and keep the real conversation mine. Try with ChatGPT · Try with Claude · Try with Gemini | | | 🧰 Three AI tools for better conversations and follow-through1. Yoodli — rehearse a conversation (yoodli.ai): Practice an opener in an AI roleplay and review its feedback on content and delivery. Choose one improvement; the real person's response matters more than the simulation. 2. DeepL Write — make your meaning clearer (deepl.com): Compare wording and tone suggestions for a short message you wrote. Keep your own intention and check that the rewrite adds no commitments you did not make. 3. Goblin Tools — make the next step manageable (goblin.tools): Use Magic ToDo to break a follow-up task into smaller steps. Edit the list and choose one action to complete; more generated tasks are not the goal. Use fictional or non-sensitive details for practice. These are current product capabilities, not evidence that these tools improve relationships. | | | | | | Find out your distinctly human strengths. Build the skills you need to thrive with AI. Start with a relevant Strengths360 self-assessment, choose one practice, and notice what happens over seven days.
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