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Rafaela Buena

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AI at work, in plain English.

Practical articles on prompts, tools and getting teams to actually use AI. Written from what I use every week building Gigi and teaching teams.
How I use Claude to run my social media and clean up my digital life (a real week, no code)

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How I use Claude to run my social media and clean up my digital life (a real week, no code)

Last week I handed Claude my social media, my old TikToks and my messy folders. I’m not an engineer. Here’s exactly what it did, what went wrong, and how you can start.

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Yann Ghisalberti at his desk with two screens, under the title Outsourcing your executive functions: how AI helps when you have ADHD

3 min readGuest post by Yann Ghisalberti

Outsourcing your executive functions: how AI helps when you have ADHD and run out of mental energy

If you have ADHD, your brain doesn't struggle with ideas. It struggles with the invisible steps between the idea and the first sentence. A guest post by ADHD coach Yann Ghisalberti on three ways AI can carry that load.

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How to choose an AI trainer for your team: 9 questions to ask

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How to choose an AI trainer for your team: 9 questions to ask

Hiring an AI trainer or AI workshop for your team? Nine questions that separate training people actually use from a slide deck they forget by Friday.

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AI literacy under the EU AI Act: what employers actually need to do

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AI literacy under the EU AI Act: what employers actually need to do

Article 4 of the EU AI Act asks employers to support staff AI literacy. What it means in plain English, what changed in 2026, and a practical 5-step plan.

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Six photos from Tummy Talks no. 1 in Amsterdam: women listening, laughing and talking under pink light

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The things we never said: what women shared at Tummy Talks No. 1

From “it’s just stress” to food conditions that become social ones: the themes women said out loud at the first Tummy Talks by Gigi in Amsterdam, and why we left lighter.

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"It’s just IBS" vs. "it’s just PMS": what Helene Choo taught us about PMDD and the gut

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"It’s just IBS" vs. "it’s just PMS": what Helene Choo taught us about PMDD and the gut

Storyteller Helene Choo on why “it’s just IBS” and “it’s just PMS” keep women stuck between three waiting rooms, what PMDD is, and how the gut and the menstrual cycle affect each other.

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Tummy Talks: why we started talking about our guts out loud

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Tummy Talks: why we started talking about our guts out loud

Tummy Talks by Gigi is a storytelling night in Amsterdam where women share the gut health stories they usually keep to themselves. Here's why we started it, what happened at No. 1, and how to join the next one.

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Empty desk with a camera, notebook and pen against a dark wall

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“I tried ChatGPT once and it was useless” they said. Here’s what went wrong

Tried ChatGPT once and got beige, generic results? It’s not the tool. Five fixable reasons ChatGPT isn’t giving you good answers, and how to fix each.

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Two colleagues talking at a laptop

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“I’m the manager and I understand AI less than my juniors”

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Two colleagues working together at a laptop

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“Half my team uses AI daily and the other half never touches it”

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Frustrated woman with her head in her hand in front of a laptop

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“My colleagues keep sending me unedited AI text”

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Team working at laptops in a dark office

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“My team resents being told to use AI”

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Team in a meeting room with a presentation on screen

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“We rolled out AI and nothing changed”

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Woman looking sceptically at a laptop screen, checking an AI answer before trusting it

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AI hallucinations: why your chatbot lies and how to catch it

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Woman writing on a laptop in a cafe, using AI to draft content in her own voice

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How to use AI to write content that still sounds like you

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Upside-down view of people walking along a city street

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Will AI take my job? An honest answer for non-technical professionals

Will AI take my job? A straight answer for non-technical professionals: what AI actually replaces, what it doesn’t, and the one skill that protects you.

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Woman looking through binoculars

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From AI-curious to AI-confident: a 30-day plan

Want to learn AI in 30 days without a course? This week-by-week plan takes you from AI-curious to AI-confident using your real work, 20 minutes a day.

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Three friends laughing together over laptops in a café

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AI Lab Amsterdam: Sessions and Coworking for People Who Actually Build

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Feeling overwhelmed by AI? Start with one task, not one tool

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Feeling overwhelmed by AI? Start with one task, not one tool

Overwhelmed by AI and don’t know where to start? Skip the tool lists. Pick one task, do it with AI for a week, and let the rest wait. Here’s how.

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Woman smiling at her phone at a desk with a laptop

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Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini: how to pick without reading 40 reviews

Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini, compared by someone who uses all three. How to pick the right AI for your work without reading 40 reviews.

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How to write prompts that get you what you want

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How to write prompts that get you what you want

How to write AI prompts that actually work: context, one good example, and permission to ask questions. The method I teach in every workshop.

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AI for non-technical people: where to start (a gentle, honest guide)

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AI for non-technical people: where to start (a gentle, honest guide)

AI for non-technical people, minus the jargon and panic. Where to actually start, what to ignore, and a first week plan from a non-engineer founder.

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The 10 AI tasks I automate every week as a founder

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The 10 AI tasks I automate every week as a founder

How I automate tasks with AI as a solo founder: 10 real weekly automations, from inbox triage to research, with honest notes on what still needs me.

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AI workshop for teams: what actually happens in one

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AI workshop for teams: what actually happens in one

AI Workshop for Teams: What Actually Happens in OneMeta description: What happens in an AI workshop for teams? A workshop leader walks you through the format, the a-ha moments, and what your team leaves with.

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How to use ChatGPT for your small business without sounding like a robot

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How to use ChatGPT for your small business without sounding like a robot

The way to use ChatGPT for your small business without sounding like a robot is to feed it your voice before you ask it for words. That means giving it examples of how you actually write, context about who your customers are, and clear instructions about what you want, then editing the output like a boss instead of publishing it like a fan. Skip those steps and you get the same polished nothing every other business is posting right now.You’ve seen it. The “exciting news!” posts. The emails that “hope this finds you well.” You can smell them from three scrolls away.Let’s not do that to your customers.

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Three professional women standing together

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What is prompt engineering (and do you actually need it in 2026)?

Prompt engineering is the practice of writing instructions to an AI in a way that reliably gets you the result you want. That’s it. It sounds like a job title invented by someone with a LinkedIn premium subscription, and for a while it kind of was, but underneath the buzzword sits a real skill: knowing how to tell a very capable, very literal assistant exactly what you need.Do you need it in 2026? Yes and no, and I’ll be specific about which parts.

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The Power of Hands-on Thinking: What LEGO® Serious Play® Really Is

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The Power of Hands-on Thinking: What LEGO® Serious Play® Really Is

Looking for creative team building in Amsterdam?Discover how LEGO® Serious Play® offers a powerful, hands-on approach to help teams connect, communicate, and solve challenges together. In this blog, certified facilitator Rafaela Buena shares how this unique method—developed by the LEGO Group—uses play to spark deep reflection, fresh thinking, and meaningful collaboration. Whether you’re planning a strategy day, offsite, or leadership retreat, this is team building with real impact.

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Three people in wizard hats under a sign reading Bonding with better communication

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How to Improve Team Communication Without Another Awkward Team-Building Activity

Is your team “fine” but communication is falling flat? Discover how a LEGO® Serious Play® workshop can improve team communication by turning fun bonding into real conversation.

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Two people standing in a desert canyon

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The moment the first words come out: Thoughts on Hosting, Speaking, and Being a Mirror

In front of an audience, you become their mirror. And although invisible, your emotions are reflected.

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