May the Force
of AI be with
your workflow.

A small rebellion at Opposite finding the human-centred way to work with AI.

Live transmission · Innovation Sprint · 04.05.26
001 Episode I The Old Republic

The Old
Republic. Or: how we used to work.

Rebuilding the same decks. Reformatting the same reports. Rewriting rationale that already existed somewhere. The admin wasn't just slow — it was stealing time from client conversations, creative thinking, and growing each other as a team.

The most human parts of the job, consistently deprioritised by the least human tasks.

002 Episode II A New Hope

A New
Hope. Or: what changed when the Force arrived.

AI didn't replace the team. It absorbed the admin.

The formatting, the summarising, the first-draft grunt work — handed off. What came back in return was time. Time for deeper client work, sharper thinking, and actually investing in each other.

01Less admin. More client.
Fewer hours rebuilding decks means more hours in the room with the people who matter.
02Less formatting. More innovation.
When the grunt work is handled, the creative and strategic thinking finally gets the space it deserves.
03Less heads-down. More team.
Time reclaimed from admin is time reinvested in growing, coaching, and challenging each other.
003 Episode III Building the Rebellion

Building the
Rebellion. Every Jed(AI) has their specialty. Here's ours.

An internal exchange across the team — each Jedi brings one real scenario from their own work, and the move that changed when AI joined them. A small ritual to turn private experiments into shared craft.

The Scenario

Regularly checking in on the status of projects—manually gathering updates, following up with team members, and piecing together progress across multiple sources.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

An automated, real-time dashboard that consolidates project data and provides instant visibility on progress, risks, and priorities.

Jedi Move

Shifting from manual tracking to strategic oversight—using integrated insights to proactively guide decisions, prioritise work, and align projects to broader strategic objectives.

The Scenario

Proofreading and formatting lengthy client reports before they go out the door — checking for consistency, tone, and making sure everything reads professionally.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Reading through every document manually from top to bottom, tracking corrections by hand and cross-checking formatting across sections.

Jedi Move

Running documents through AI for a first-pass grammar, consistency and tone check — then doing a focused human review on the parts that matter most: the nuance, the voice, the client-facing details.

The Scenario

Running Industry Partner Sessions with stakeholders and trying to get feedback whilst also record actions from a meeting.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Constant follow up emails to check for feedback.

Jedi Move

Create the survey, made them complete it love and transcribed feedback via Granola. Sent actions to Cowork, which connected the loop (Granola > Cowork > Report > Drive > Gmail).

The Scenario

To rapidly develop and iterate the AcciMap and PreventiMap for OVA.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Manually editing on Miro.

Jedi Move

Converting our existing maps into an HTML format using AI, and then incorporating analysis results by feeding it back into the tool to rapidly generate updated versions.

The Scenario

Workshop design.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Use AI to help create structure, content and speaker's notes.

Jedi Move

Use AI to generate linked interactive tools for both facilitator and participant.

The Scenario

Use a consistent scenario to create examples to demonstrate how to apply tools in workshops so participants can see an example.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Generate in ChatGPT with lots of back and forth chats.

Jedi Move

Gave Claude all the tools and got it to create the examples for all of them in one prompt.

The Scenario

Developing out ideas that are informed by client context.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Over-reliance on the AI to do all the work, from start to finish. This results in slop and assumptions that are easily picked apart and lack client context.

Jedi Move

Slowed down and spent some time upfront to think through the process myself, including using my critical analysis and understanding of the client context to create a strong foundation, then bring the AI in to help move the process along.

The Scenario

Designing a leadership development program from scratch for a new client — structure, content, facilitation guides, and participant materials.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Rebuilding decks and content from previous programs, spending hours reformatting and rewriting to fit the new context.

Jedi Move

Giving AI the brief, the audience, and the outcomes — getting a solid first-draft structure back instantly, then applying design thinking and empathy to transform it into something that actually lands in the room.

The Scenario

Developing visual content.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Asking Claude to come up with the HTML or prototype. While they all look fantastic and flawless, they all started to look like the same.

Jedi Move

Then started adding personal touch, or recommendation and working with Claude Cowork (instead of Chat as that takes away more tokens) hand in hand to achieve the best yet unique outcome.

The Scenario

Translating dense psychological research or complex process documentation into practical, accessible tools for frontline workers and leaders.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Manually rewriting and simplifying academic content line by line — a process that could eat up an entire day.

Jedi Move

Feeding the source material to AI with clear instructions on audience and tone, getting a simplified first draft back, then applying human-centred design principles to make it genuinely usable.

The Scenario

Designing an interactive game or team activity that teaches a new concept in a way that's actually engaging — not just a slide deck renamed as a workshop.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Building game mechanics and content separately, spending hours on structure before even getting to the creative parts.

Jedi Move

Using AI to rapidly prototype game logic, generate scenario variations, and stress-test the experience — freeing up creative energy for the parts only a human can bring: surprise, delight, and the moment it clicks for someone.

The Scenario

Building a change management and communication plan for an organisation going through a significant structural shift.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Writing every stakeholder communication and change plan from a blank page, pulling from past projects one paragraph at a time.

Jedi Move

Using AI to draft the initial framework and communication templates, then layering in evidence-based change psychology and the organisational context that makes people actually follow through.

The Scenario

Writing wellbeing program outlines and coaching frameworks for new client engagements.

The Transformation
Padawan Move

Starting each document from scratch, drawing from memory and stitching together pieces from previous reports.

Jedi Move

Using AI to generate a structured first draft based on the client context, then bringing in clinical depth, personalisation, and the human nuance that makes the real difference.

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The Force is strong with this team. May the 4th be with you.