AI · Education · Automation · Strategy · CreativityWednesday 4 November 2026 · Brisbane
The Journal

A more capable you

Practical AI, argued properly.

Essays by Will Fernandes on where AI is heading and what it means for your work. Read them, listen to them, then test yourself with a five-question quiz.

This week’s lead

Working smarterEssay 03

The baby, the puppy and the piano.

Build the system before the season arrives.

One day after COVID, a missed kerbside collection, a new puppy, a piano delivery and news of a third child all landed at once. Overwhelm often arrives with good news, so build your systems, delegate, and let AI carry what it does better before the season arrives.

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Grok at workEssay 02

The real-time advantage.

Grok at work, part one: the newsstand is open.

Most AI assistants are encyclopaedias with a printing date. Grok's pitch is a newsstand: live answers from the web and X, with citations. For business, freshness is an advantage only when it is paired with verification.

· 6 min read · Listen · Quiz

Agentic AIEssay 01

From oracle to operator.

The next AI wave does things.

Generative AI answers questions; agentic AI pursues goals. The shift moves people from writing the work to supervising it, and the responsibility for what the machine does stays firmly with us.

· 6 min read · Listen · Quiz

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