Martha Prewitt

Non-artist who loves and respects artists, visionaries and storytellers. It will cost you nothing to dream, and everything not to.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

A Monday morning question for you:

What unfinished task is still hogging your mental real estate and needs to be let go?

[Martha Prewitt @martha_prewitt]

@Judi_Cozzi GORGEOUS!!!!!

[Martha Prewitt @martha_prewitt]

@DKalbSanitation Is this a new rule? I usually just have small and medium boxes like 24 pack yogurt and Amazon.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Martha Prewitt @martha_prewitt]

@doctor_zeest @BillCassidy Yes this is so true!! I’ve been on HDHP for years.

[Fabrizio Basso @BassoFabrizio]

Il #PremioTenco22 internazionale va a @MichaelMcDermot. Sarà sul palco dell'@AristonSanremo il 21 ottobre. Nell'attesa ha eseguito una versione di This World Will Break Your Heart e scritto un testo...tutto in esclusiva per @SkyTG24 https://t.co/j1eGreMcxC @ClubTenco @erikabrb

[Martha Prewitt @martha_prewitt]

@mignonpage @thatkylesmith @CatherinePowell @JasonIsbell Or is it "my wife's and my first date"? The use of I's in that manner is a pet peeve for sure.

[Michael J. Media @michaeljmedia]

Some @MichaelMcDermot love: https://t.co/ESYeB0Sk1m

[Martha Prewitt @martha_prewitt]

@freshly @DoorDash This is the BEST NEWS - thank you!!! 🥳

[Christy Milliken @coastalcam1]

Auburn/Opelika Friends: DON’T MISS THIS SHOW!!

Bradley Cole Smith will be at The Sound Wall in Historic Downtown Opelika on August 27th!!

7:30PM

https://t.co/hf8VEOOM53

#AuburnOpelika #Music @AuburnOpelika @DowntownOpelika @martha_prewitt

[Greatness @Grtnesss]

Hey- you grown up rock and rollers out there!

This @MichaelMcDermot song off his new album is required listening.

Give this a listen and you’ll get it.
You’ll feel it in your head and you’ll know it in your gut.

Dead by Dawn https://t.co/ZjMsmbnXff via @YouTube

[David Wild @Wildaboutmusic]

I've been a fan of @MichaelMcDermot as a singer-songwriter for a few decades now, and I think he's just made his best album yet. Take a trip down "St. Paul's Boulevard."

[MjM @wxrtfan]

Hey @93XRT fans and @MichaelMcDermot fans.
Michael Is
Playing at Elmhurst Hall,
June 17th in Elmhurst, IL
8:00 PM
Online tickets are only $20.00 at https://t.co/G5rR4kralp. Or $25.00 at the door.
It's Michael McDermott.
This fan will see you there.

[Monty Dobson @lemont]

If you are a music fan, check out @MichaelMcDermot's new album. A singer-songwriter in the best sense of the term. Thoughtful, interesting, and sometimes rocking. He's an artist that the fashions of musical trends missed. Trust me, he's really good.
https://t.co/eJTx2kWjVe

[Glide Magazine @glidemag]

'St. Paul’s Boulevard' finds Michael McDermott creating a fictional place that metaphorically could be the proverbial corner of heartbreak and pain. REVIEW:
https://t.co/kJ4uTDzI9C

[Americana Highways @AmericanaHiways]

REVIEW: Michael McDermott "St. Paul's Boulevard" @MichaelMcDermot #JohnApice @michaeljmedia#americanamusic #stpaulsboulevard #newmusic2022 https://t.co/8hY1iRxhQP