Finding Patterns, Money Savings and Focus

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Like many superintendents, I started using artificial intelligence for everyday tasks — drafting e-mails, polishing posts and tidying up reports.

Then one afternoon, staring at a 2,000-line budget report and searching for places to trim, I decided to give it to ChatGPT. A few prompts later, it surfaced spending trends and redundancies that would have taken me days to uncover.

That experience changed my workflow across leadership tasks by quickly spotting patterns, modeling scenarios and improving communication. Here’s how that shift unfolded, starting with a few simple steps.