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Tired of AI Slop from Your Employees?

·Julian

You've seen it. The press release that sounds like it was written by a robot. The email that's somehow both too long and says nothing. The presentation slides filled with generic placeholder text.

Your team has access to AI tools. That was supposed to be a good thing.

The Problem Isn't AI

AI didn't lower the quality bar. It revealed that many people never had high standards to begin with. When writing was hard, bad writers simply wrote less. Now they can produce unlimited mediocrity at scale.

The real issue is that using AI well requires taste. It requires knowing what good looks like. Most people don't.

What You Can Do

1. Lead by example. Use AI yourself. Show your team what "good enough" actually means. When they see you iterate on AI output instead of accepting the first draft, they'll understand the standard.

2. Focus on outcomes, not tools. Don't ban AI. That's pointless. Instead, be ruthless about quality. If the work isn't good enough, send it back. Eventually, they'll learn to use AI as a starting point, not an endpoint.

3. Invest in taste. Most AI training teaches buttons and features. What your team needs is editorial judgment. They need to know when something works and when it doesn't — regardless of how it was created.

The Real Opportunity

Here's the counterintuitive truth: AI slop is a competitive advantage — for those with standards.

When everyone produces generic content, anything with a point of view stands out. When every email sounds AI-written, a human touch becomes remarkable.

The executives who understand AI quality don't just produce better work. They see through the AI slop their competitors are putting out. They know which proposals were phone-in jobs. Which strategies are just ChatGPT-with-a-logo.

That's not paranoia. That's pattern recognition. And it's a skill worth developing.


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