Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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You've been shown 30 AI tools. You still open two. That's not a discipline problem, it's a design problem.

This is Episode 1 of The Workflow Architect, a seven-part series on moving from AI tools you visit to AI workflows you own. This episode gives you the four-rung ladder (tool, prompt, Gem, flow) and the four-step pattern the rest of the series builds on: Name, Map, Mark, Lock.

Your homework: figure out which rung you're on and write the number down. I'll ask again in Episode 7.


THE SERIES
Full playlist:
Episode 2 (Name the Friction): coming soon

RESOURCES
Chaos Navigators newsletter: aaronmaurer.substack.com
Coffee For The Brain podcast: coffeeforthebrain.com/podcasts

This series is adapted from a workshop I run with districts. The design steps work in any ecosystem. Episodes 4 and 5 build in Gemini (Gems and Workspace Studio). Episode 7 shows the same design in Copilot and ChatGPT.

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