Strategic Scribbler & the AI Renaissance

I walk the dog, sip my tea, and let my AI assistant do the heavy lifting.

08 November 2025

Fliss Falconer

This morning, I put AI to work and set up a new website for my upcoming venture. Gave it some heavy lifting. Let it get on with the tasks.

Then, I made breakfast. The boys and I walked Charlie through the misty fields, marvelling at the sunrise and planning a lovely weekend together. Back for tea, homework, blogging. Cuddles. No rushing. Peace.

My assistant got to work in the background to allow me a relaxing start to Saturday. Cup of tea in hand. Time to reflect.

So what have I been up to this week?

This week, I gave my professional identity a glow-up. Not glitter. Not tween.

Pearlescent. Sumptuous. Nearly 40.

A woman of vision, not chaos. (Alright, alright, stop laughing.)

I then attended The AI Advantage Summit with Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi.

🧠 Summit Takeaways: AI for Inclusion & Creativity

We explored how AI can help us reclaim time, protect energy, and amplify creativity so we can stay focused on what matters most.

And for work:

• Attendance

• Safeguarding

• Inclusion

• Human connection

“We buy back ≈15 hours/week — let’s make that time work for us.”

We’re following the throughline: simple, repeatable systems that free us to be human and connect with others.

🚀 The 4A Framework for AI Integration

Phase

Purpose

Activate

Train AI to understand your context

Accelerate

Use data insights to make smarter decisions

Amplify

Multiply output without increasing workload

Augment

Expand capacity and impact without overhead

🧰 Practical Applications

In the last two days, I have been experimenting with tools that lighten the load and sharpen the focus:

• Transcribe attendance notes → spot themes

• Automate letters, reports, reminders

• Use avatars (Synthesia) for training

• Create a “Sizzle Reel” of success stories

• Teach AI literacy to schools: locally (and potentially globally...)

Toolset for use now and soon:

• Copilot / ChatGPT: daily assistant

• Claude: coding and data structuring

• Make: workflow automation

• Slack/Teams: collaborative learning

• AI Avatar: training and outreach

People I am now going to follow and learn with:

Zack Kass: inspiration for creative AI futures

Arthur C Brooks: happiness and human interactions

Sabrina Ramonov: AI solopreneur and excellent teacher

🧭 Mindset Shift

“If we can use AI to do the tasks, we can be more human.”

This isn’t about replacement. It’s about restoration.

We’re shifting from managing to creating.

From fatigue to flow.

From chaos to clarity.

We’re recognising patterns, utilising them, and creating new ones, just like the farmers who didn’t need to understand the tractor’s mechanics to drive it with skill.

📌 Next Steps

• Share school sessions with Gloucestershire teachers

• Complete “Deeper Knowledge” list for Copilot

• Map daily tasks → delegate to AI

• Draft Scope of Work for AI-assisted processes

• Prep for ANM: “Which admin tasks can AI take on so staff can focus on attendance, safeguarding and pastoral relationships?”

🌱 Closing Reflection

I may not have been able to justify the full AI package, but Copilot has revolutionised my life, and it seems that we are just at the moment before everyone gets on board. Like every other new-fangled technology, it’s here and it isn’t going away. I’ve asked so many times where it was when I was teaching, when it could have supported with admin, marking, and resources so I could deliver, engage and be energised for my pupils. So I could spend more time with my students, understanding what was happening beyond the classroom and beyond English.

Now, I’m putting my money where my mouth is.

I’ve been away from teaching for nearly three years, but not away from education. I know how crucial it is to keep having conversations with our pupils: to help them, model for them, and support them as they traverse this post-pandemic world.

Leaping forward, both feet first.

If not now, when?