Augmented: The Human Edge in the AI Age
You bring the insight. AI brings the horsepower. Augmented helps you combine the two.
Your Efficiency Upgrade for 2026
🕓 Read time: ~5 min
It's 2026 🥳... You're full of energy, full of good intentions. Aaaand, before you know it, most of those will be forgotten and you'll be back to same old, same old.
If "becoming more efficient with AI" or "using AI better" is among your intentions for the new year, I have s...
by Elena Jäger —
Jan 09, 2026
#aiforcoaches
#prompting
#worksmarter
AI & Jobs Research: And Why I’m Optimistic
⏱️Read time: ~5 min
2025 is officially history. And what a year it's been!
A year of relentless AI hype. A year of new tools launching every other week (or every other day?). A year of headlines screaming about job cuts "because of AI." If you're a coach or consultant, you've probably felt...
by Elena Jäger —
Jan 01, 2026
#aiandwork
#coachingintheaiera
#futureofwork
Happy Holiday & All My Very Best for 2026
🎄 Read time: ~2 min
It's Christmas time and I wanted to take a moment to pause and send you warm wishes for the holidays.
What a year it's been.
In the AI world, we've seen extraordinary shifts. Tools that didn't exist a year ago are now reshaping how we ideate, create and get our work done....
by Elena Jäger —
Dec 24, 2025
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aiforcoaches
vibecoding
worksmarter
The Best AI Infographic Tool I've Seen So Far
⏱️ Read time: ~3 min
Last week, I shared my thoughts on NotebookLM's new slides feature and how it compares to Gamma. Today, I'll be sharing my thoughts about the other feature NotebookLM rolled out around the same time: infographics.
And honestly? This one impressed me more.
If you've tri...
by Elena Jäger —
Dec 19, 2025
#aiforcoaches
#aitools
#smarterworkflows
NotebookLM vs. Gamma for slides: Which tool wins?
⏱️ Read time: ~2.5 min
During one of my recent AI Deep Dives on Slides with Gamma, one of the participants - Amir - asked a great question: "How does NotebookLM's new slides feature compare to Gamma?"
At the time, I hadn't tested it yet. NotebookLM had just rolled out both an infographic a...
by Elena Jäger —
Dec 12, 2025
#aiforcoaches
#aislides
#worksmarter
The AI Gap Is Widening. And It's Not What You Think
⏱️ Read time: ~3 min
I bumped into a former client yesterday. We chatted for a couple of minutes on how life had been treating us, how work was going. He had seen on LinkedIn that I'm now focused on AI, and he asked me, "How useful is it, really?"
He told me he uses Copilot at work to transcribe...
by Elena Jäger —
Dec 07, 2025
#aiforcoaches
#ailiteracy
#aitools
2025 Black Friday AI Survival Guide
🕓 Read time: ~3 min
Black Friday is almost here, and if you're anything like me, you're already bracing for the avalanche of "deals" that may or may not actually be deals. And you know this deal-frenzy is likely going to continue until Christmas.
Don't worry, I won't bombard you with yet a...
by Elena Jäger —
Nov 27, 2025
#aiforcoaches
#aitools
#shopwithai
Should AI Do This? Or Just Help You Do It?
⏱️ Read time: ~3 min
You try to hand a task over to AI. It doesn't deliver. Now you're wondering if the hype is just… well, hype.
Sound familiar?
I hear this a lot. In my programs, in client work, in sales calls. Coaches and consultants who are frustrated, even disillusioned, because AI didn...
by Elena Jäger —
Nov 23, 2025
aiforcoaches
aistrategy
worksmarter
AI & Data Privacy: Why Compliance Isn’t Automatic
🕓 Read time: ~2.5 min
Lately, I keep hearing all sorts of AI-compliance-related statements from clients and colleagues:
“Oh, we’re fine, we use Microsoft Copilot. Our data is hosted in the EU.”
“The tools I use are GDPR-compliant, so I’m okay.”
Here’s the problem: location isn’t the same as com...
by Elena Jäger —
Nov 14, 2025
#aicompliance
#aiethics
#worksmarter
Year-end getaway anyone? I asked an AI browser to plan mine.
🕓 Read time: ~2.5 min
As we head toward year-end, many of us are dreaming about escaping, to the mountains or somewhere warm. So I ran a little experiment: what if I let an agentic browser, Perplexity’s Comet in my case, do the travel planning for me?
Three challenging test runs later, I’m genu...
by Elena Jäger —
Nov 09, 2025
#agenticai
#aifor coaches
#travel
Agentic Browsers: Smart Help or Silent Risk?
🕓 Read time: ~4 min
AI isn’t just in your tools anymore, it’s slowly found its way into your browser.
Over the past few months, a new wave of agentic browsers has arrived, including Perplexity’s Comet, ChatGPT’s Atlas, Strawberry, and Fellou. They don’t just help you search. They can read, summar...
by Elena Jäger —
Nov 02, 2025
#agenticbrowsers
#aiforconsultants
#smarterworkflows
Are You Ready for AI Team Members?
🕓 Read time: ~2 min
It’s getting easier than ever to have a team, even if you run your business solo.
Until not too long ago, growing a business meant hiring people or outsourcing tasks. Now, with CustomGPTs, agentic browsers, and workflow tools being extremely accessible, entrepreneurs can desi...
by Elena Jäger —
Oct 24, 2025
#aiforcoaches
#smarterworkflows
#virtualteam