From Eliott Maidenberg
Each week, I work through a business problem with AI and show you how I did it.
Eliott MaidenbergHIGH GAIN Signals · Issue 001
After 17 years in business, I want to refactor how everything gets done.
Most of the tasks we do on computers today will eventually happen automatically. I want to help make that happen.
A finance professional should be able to automate their reporting. A marketing team should be able to create its own analytics tools. HIGH GAIN combines custom solutions with training, so teams can keep building for themselves.
HIGH GAIN Signals · Every week
I’ll show you how I tackled a piece of work with AI, including the files and the parts I had to fix.
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Microsoft ·
Microsoft added more than 25 finance skills and partner plugins across Copilot. Accounting workflows can reconcile accounts, draft journal entries and prepare variance commentary; Cowork can assemble a close-review package across files and conversations. The practical review is whether each reconciling item and journal entry traces back to source evidence. Accounting features are limited to Frontier; other finance skills are generally available, while some plugins are still rolling out or require separate licenses.
Read the source : Build the close package across files, not in one spreadsheet.Adobe ·
Adobe’s new Coworker panel uses the open Customer Journey Analytics project as context to summarize findings, investigate root causes and edit the analysis. A campaign team could move from an unexpected conversion change to a proposed segment breakdown without rebuilding the brief elsewhere. Verify the selected data view, date range and segment before sharing conclusions. Rollout began October 29, but general availability is TBD; Adobe documentation also labels the feature Limited Testing and requires administrator enablement.
Read the source : Trace a surprising campaign result without leaving Analysis Workspace.Google Workspace ·
Google Workspace is rolling out real-time Meet translation across 63 languages, one-page Quick notes and one-click follow-up routines that draft emails and sync action items to Tasks. For an international client or recruiting call, compare the generated decisions, owners and deadlines against the transcript before sending anything. The bundle is rolling out now rather than universally available at announcement, and individual features can depend on the organization’s Workspace plan and admin settings.
Read the source : Turn a client call into a checked follow-up workflow.OpenAI ·
OpenAI and Oracle announced Oracle AI Workspace, intended to let employees investigate costs, purchasing and month-end close across Oracle applications from ChatGPT, within organizational permissions and approvals. Oracle also reports its recruiting team using ChatGPT Work to compress market-research preparation. The useful pilot is a permission-scoped task with a named approver and a source trail. Oracle AI Workspace is described as being developed, not generally available; only U.S. marketplace purchasing is explicitly available now.
Read the source : Bring Oracle context into ChatGPT — but treat it as a roadmap.