ARKADIUSZ JANISZEWSKI
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AI as an Intern or as a Trainer? The Question That Changes Everything.
SITEAI
Most conversations about AI revolve around a single question: "How can we use AI to solve our problems?"
We treat AI like a hyper-intelligent intern. We ask it to analyze data, summarize emails, prepare a plan. We give it tasks that tire us out and expect results. This is powerful, but fundamentally one-way. We delegate tasks, but we don't necessarily develop ourselves.
Sitting away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, another, inverted question popped into my head. A question that changed my approach to everything I build.
"What if this AI were tasked with developing ME?"
What if we stopped treating it like a tool and started treating it like a personalized development coach whose sole purpose is to make us better leaders?
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System: My Personal Strategic Team
This idea has become the foundation upon which I'm expanding my SiteAI Ecosystem. I've stopped just delegating tasks. I've started allowing the AI to analyze my own actions, decisions, and frustrations, which I regularly record in my Thought Journal.
Around this central source of truth about my human context, I've built a personal strategic team. Here are its key members:
- Mindset – My Personal Coach. His job isn't to give me answers, but to analyze my thought patterns and emotions to uncover hidden patterns. Instead of asking, "Give me a plan for a difficult conversation with an employee," the system, knowing my context from the Thought Journal, can suggest: "I've noticed a pattern of avoiding confrontation in your posts. Here's a script for a deliberately difficult conversation that will help you develop empathy and assertiveness. Let's practice it."
- Catalyst – My Provocateur. His job is to challenge the status quo and push me out of my comfort zone. It works with brutal honesty, exposing excuses and forcing you to think about exponential growth, not just incremental.
Synergy: Real Magic in Practice
The real power comes when these advisors start working with "Expert" modules—like Development or Resilience Coach. I can then ask a question that triggers the entire system:
"I ask the Mindset module to analyze my Thought Journal notes from last week through the lens of the Resilience Coach model, looking for patterns that lead to my energy loss."
This is precisely the dynamic synergy - the ability to combine objective knowledge with subjective, human context to move from the question "what's happening?" to "why is this happening and what can I do about it?"
Conclusion: A New Leadership Paradigm
This is a fundamental shift in perspective. AI is no longer just a performer. It becomes an architect of our development. A system that generates personalized challenges for us, forcing us to step outside our comfort zones.
The future of AI in leadership is not about relieving us of work, but about consciously burdening us with tasks that will develop us.
This is a shift from a passive tool to a proactive partner in growth.
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