2025 was the year everyone jumped on AI.

2026 is when your actual strategy matters.

If you're still using ChatGPT to write captions and hoping for the best, we need to talk.

Episode Summary

- Why AI slop became the word of the year — and why your audience is clocking it

- The biggest mistake businesses made in 2025 (spoiler: trying to replace skilled humans with ChatGPT)

- How to articulate your AI edge so clients actually believe you know what you're doing

- What an AI operating system actually looks like (and why it's not just opening ChatGPT)

- The shift from lazy AI to strategic AI — from apps you open and close, to AI embedded in how you actually work

- Why highly skilled people with AI are becoming insanely valuable (and why mid-level talent is struggling)

- Brooke's 2026 move: doubling down on this podcast, building out the Dream Team Workshop, and staying known for strategic AI education (not chasing every shiny tool)

- Your actual to-do: audit how you're using AI right now — is it embedded or are you context-switching like mad?

--- ✨ Connect With Brooke DM me on Instagram → @wrightmode Want to go deep on AI in your business?

Check out the Dream Team Workshop coming in February and the Membership (by application) for ongoing support.

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Every time you default to ChatGPT, you're slowly eroding a skill you might actually need.

Here's what no one's saying about AI and how to use it without accidentally training yourself out of the abilities that make you valuable.

Episode Summary

- The real cost of outsourcing everything to AI (and why it's not controversial)

- What Peta from Professional Babe discovered when she banned AI from a brainstorming session

- Why reflexes are hard to override — and this is happening way faster than we realised

- Where I personally draws the line (and where I doesn't always get it right)

- AI literacy isn't about prompts — it's about knowing when NOT to use it Challenge for

This Week Next time you reach for ChatGPT or Claude, pause for a second.

Ask yourself: Am I using this because it's strategic, or because I'm avoiding the discomfort of thinking? You don't have to change anything yet. Just notice. Then define your own boundaries with AI before they define themselves for you.

--- ✨ Connect With Brooke DM me on Instagram → @wrightmode

Want to go deep on AI in your business? Check out the Dream Team Workshop and the Membership (by application) for ongoing support and co-work sessions. Want to get clear on your AI strategy book in for a 90 minute 1:1 consult

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Sick of the overwhelm? There's a new AI tool every five minutes, and you're drowning in "this changed my life" content. Real talk: most of them won't matter for your business, and some won't even exist in a year. So let's talk about what actually sticks.

Episode Summary

• The daily non-negotiables I'd notice if they disappeared tomorrow: ChatGPT, Claude, N8N, Notion, and Fathom
• Why Claude is better for coding and writing, and when ChatGPT still wins
• How N8N replaced Make for automation because debugging is 80% of the work
• The tools I've ditched or abandoned (and why it's totally okay to let things go)
• Your permission slip: you don't need to adopt every new tool. Just get really good at the ones that work

This Week's Not Another To-Do:

Do a quick tool audit. What are you actually using? What's collecting dust? What are you paying for that you forgot existed?

✨ Connect With Brooke

DM me on Instagram → @wrightmode

Want to go deep on AI in your business? Check out the Dream Team Workshop and the Membership (by application) for ongoing support and co-work sessions.

Visit wrightmode.com for more.

• Want to work together? Check out my offerings at Wright Mode
• Connect with me on Instagram → @wright_mode

A year ago, I was copying and pasting between AI and my tools.

Now I'm running a six-figure business with AI embedded into everything. Here's the framework that changed it.

Episode Summary

- The shift from dabbling to building: Why working harder isn't the answer — getting strategic is

- Chat mode vs. real AI systems: How to tell if you're stuck (spoiler: you probably are)

- The STACK Method — the five-step framework I use with every founder:

- Strategy: What's your actual business goal for 2026?

- Tools: What are you working with and is your IP accessible to AI?

- Actions and AI: Pick ONE workflow to automate, not everything

- Checkpoints: The one everyone skips (and why your systems fail without it) - Keep iterating: Treat AI like a team member, not a tool you installed and forgot

- Why 2026 is different: AI isn't a competitive advantage anymore — it's the baseline. The question is whether you'll use it strategically or keep copying and pasting while everyone else builds real systems

--- Want to go deep on AI in your business? 3 strategy sessions available before the end of the year — fully booked sessions normally, but I've opened extra spots so you can start 2026 with an actual plan (not just good intentions) Visit wrightmode.com/consulting to book

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If you've ever wondered how to go from "I'll just do a free workshop and see who comes" to speaking inside global AI communities — while surviving puppy chaos and unsolicited dog parenting commentary — this one's for you.

In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on how I actually built my AI education workshops and consultancy from scratch. No fluff. No "just manifest it" nonsense. Just the real, messy, strategic journey.

In this episode, I share:

• Why I spoke inside Sabrina OV's Women in AI community (and what it meant to get that "you crushed it" DM from someone I genuinely admire)
• The stat that lit a fire under me: only 7% of Aussie women got AI training last year vs 17% of men
• My mission to teach 10,000 women how to use AI by 2026
• How I built ONE really good workshop instead of many mediocre ones
• The partnerships that changed everything — local business chambers, the WA government, and global communities
• How I've systemised the whole ecosystem (repurposing, automations, Gamma for slides, the lot)
• What you can steal from this — whether you're teaching AI or something else entirely

✨ Show Notes / Links

[00:00] Puppy chaos, zero sleep, and showing up anyway — aka real life
[02:30] Speaking inside Sabrina OV's Women in AI community
[05:00] The AI training gap for women in Australia (and why it matters)
[07:30] How I structured my first free workshop
[10:00] Building the 4-Hour AI Dream Team Workshop
[13:00] Partnering with local business chambers + government projects
[16:00] Speaking at conferences (Canva, Microsoft, HubSpot — no big deal 😅)
[19:00] How I systemised the whole thing — repurposing, automations, Gamma
[22:00] What you can steal: build one great workshop, teach from lived experience, share freely
[25:00] The Wright Mode Membership — for ongoing support + accountability

🔗 Mentioned in this episode:

• Gamma — AI presentation tool
• Lovable — No-code AI tool for interactive lead magnets
• Base44 — Beginner-friendly AI builder
• Wright Mode Membership — Fortnightly co-works, automation walkthroughs + Slack community
• 4-Hour AI Dream Team Workshop — Next one's in February

📲 Connect with Brooke:

• Instagram → @wright_mode
• Website → wrightmode.com

✨ Not Another To-Do:

This week, if you've been sitting on an idea for a workshop, a talk, or a way to share your expertise — just start. Build ONE thing. Make it good. Then iterate. You don't need 10 offerings. You need one that actually helps people.

• Want to work together? Check out my offerings at Wright Mode
• Connect with me on Instagram → @wright_mode

Most people don't realise half of what ChatGPT can do — and neither did you until right now. These aren't the optimisation LinkedIn vibes you've seen a million times.

This is just practical stuff that'll make your work faster, your brain calmer, and your life easier.

Episode Summary

• Turn off data sharing in settings. Go to profile → Data Controls and disable 'Improve the model for everyone.' If you're on the free version, this is your litmus test to start paying for it.
• Custom Instructions are your North Star. Write them like you're onboarding a junior staffer with zero context. Include how you think, your tone, words you hate, your unique lexicon, and your tech stack.
• Ask clarifying questions before ChatGPT guesses. Drop 'Can you ask me clarifying questions until you're 95% sure?' at the bottom of your prompt. It stops the mid responses.
• Drop in screenshots for quick summaries. Use it to restructure Notion pages, extract testimonials from DMs, or prioritise your to-do list by urgency and energy.
• Use voice mode like you'd talk to a mentor. Brain dump your tasks, commute conversations, or have it extract content ideas through Q&A instead of just asking for captions.
• Rewrite without losing your voice. Prompt it: 'Rewrite this in my tone' or 'Act as an editor, don't rewrite.' Ask why it made changes so you don't hand over critical thinking.
• Build micro-tools in Canvas. Turn spreadsheets into interactive dashboards, then ask ChatGPT to analyse what worked and what to tweak next.

✨ Connect With Brooke

DM me on Instagram → @wrightmode

Join the Dream Team Workshop in February for a full deep dive on leveraging AI for your business.

Visit wrightwaymode.com for more

• Want to work together? Check out my offerings at Wright Mode
• Connect with me on Instagram → @wright_mode

I spoke at Busselton's first AI conference alongside Canva, Microsoft, and HubSpot — and my neurodivergent self is still recovering (in the best way).

Here's what actually matters in the age of AI.

Episode Summary

- How I went from painfully shy to speaking on stages (and why imposter syndrome doesn't get to have a vote)

- The biggest misconception about AI: it won't replace you, it amplifies you — but only if you define your voice first

- Why "free AI tools" make YOU the product (and which data controls to switch off right now)

- Let AI do the stuff you hate so you can do the stuff you love: admin, data entry, content repurposing, drafting

- Human connection is everything in the age of AI — in-person events > online events, no contest

- One simple rule to protect your IP: if you wouldn't share it on LinkedIn, don't put it in free AI tools

--- ✨ Connect With Brooke DM me on Instagram → @wrightmode

Want to go deep on AI in your business? Check out the Dream Team Workshop and the Membership (by application) for ongoing support and co-work sessions. Visit wrightmode.com for more

• Want to work together? Check out my offerings at Wright Mode
• Connect with me on Instagram → @wright_mode

Picture this: I rock up to a sprint triathlon with zero training, a mountain bike, and bike pants instead of a wetsuit. Everyone else? Road bikes, tri suits, the works. I came dead last. And it was one of the best things I've ever done.

This episode isn't about athletic glory (spoiler: there was none). It's about keeping promises to yourself — the most underrated business strategy no one talks about.

I'll share:

• Why I signed up the night before — and how my word for the year (take action) pushed me past the "I'm not ready" spiral
• The ADHD trap of brilliant ideas that go nowhere — and how I finally broke the cycle of breaking promises to myself
• What quitting drinking taught me about self-trust — three months of keeping one hard promise changed everything
• The business parallel you need to hear — waiting for the perfect website/rebrand/VA/energy level is keeping you stuck
• Why your mountain bike is enough — you don't need the right gear, you just need to start with what you've got
• How self-belief actually builds — it's not affirmations, it's proof you keep showing yourself

If you've been waiting for perfect conditions to launch that thing, hire that person, or start that project — this one's for you.

✨ Links & Resources

• My business advisor: Pea from The Professional Babe — genuinely one of the biggest shifts in my mindset this year. Check out her podcast The Business Fondle if you need a strategic (and hilarious) kick up the bum.
• Wanna work together? If you're stuck waiting for perfect conditions, let's build you a system that works with what you've actually got. Head to wrightmode.com
• Slide into my DMs → @wright_mode — tell me what you've been putting off because you're "not ready yet"

🎙 AI Confession Booth: Featuring My Husband

Okay this one's gold. My husband was using ChatGPT to help him draft a casual email to a colleague named Tiffany. He asked it to make the tone friendly and approachable.

ChatGPT's suggestion? "Hey Fanny"

We LOST IT. In what universe is "Fanny" the casual nickname for Tiffany?! Maybe it is and we're just uncultured, but mate — imagine if he'd sent that as a director-level email 💀

This is your regular reminder that AI is brilliant and chaotic, and you should always read before you send.

Your turn: DM me your funniest AI fails and I'll shout them out in the next episode.

🧠 One Thing to Try This Week: Break One Small Promise You Keep Breaking

Pick the smallest promise you keep making to yourself and not keeping. Not the big scary one. The little one.

Maybe it's:

• Posting once this week (not a perfect post, just a post)
• Reaching out to one potential client
• Finishing that 10-minute task you've been avoiding for weeks

Do it. Keep the promise. Notice how it feels.

That's how self-trust builds. One tiny kept promise at a time.

And remember: your mountain bike is enough. Whatever you've got right now — the janky mic, the Canva brand, the draft website — it's enough to start.

Progress beats perfection. Every single time.

• Want to work together? Check out my offerings at Wright Mode
• Connect with me on Instagram → @wright_mode