Blog parade: AI and my job

A blog parade featuring honest stories about artificial intelligence in everyday working life

“A blog parade? Isn’t that a bit old-fashioned?” – that was a friend’s reaction when I told her about my idea.

“Yes, it is. And at the same time, it’s a great way to gather different perspectives on a topical issue.” – was my reply.

No algorithm curates the posts, no editorial team smooths out the rough edges. Just people writing about what they’re actually experiencing. I think it’s worth a try.

And what topic deserves it more right now than this: artificial intelligence and the question of what it does to our work and to us.

Your story matters

AI has already become part of everyday working life for many people. However, what this everyday life actually looks like varies completely from person to person and from profession to profession.

Perhaps you work as a graphic designer, are confronted with new possibilities every day, and feel the question of your professional relevance becoming ever more pressing. Perhaps you work as a project manager and are trying to apply your years of planning expertise to generative AI. Or maybe you’re a software developer, despairing at the task of checking 5,000 lines of automatically generated code for coherence. Perhaps you are a requirements analyst trying to identify the blind spots in AI-generated documents. Or you are a sales manager who wanted to relieve your team of administrative tasks and now sometimes feel like a passenger in a system controlled by others.

These stories aren’t just of interest to me. They interest colleagues, those affected and those in charge, everyone who is in the thick of this transformation and wants to know: How are others coping with it? How do you take the first steps, and what are the key takeaways? Who is facing problems, and who sees what opportunities?

Let’s get started with the stories that have been submitted:

Nadine Pedro – Random thoughts on AI in marketing

Nadine Pedro is a B2B marketing expert, digital nerd and problem-solver with a knack for good ideas, clear language and things that really work. She likes things to be strategic, pragmatic and free of buzzword bingo – but with common sense, humour and a touch of chaos.

In her post, Nadine describes the ambivalence between the relief brought by automation and the frustration with soulless AI-generated text, between a loss of control and the certainty that “I am the variable”, and between greater output and good marketing.

→ Read the German post “Thoughts on AI in marketing” on LinkedIn

Maik Pfingsten – AI in engineering firms: Scaling a service using agents – is it possible?

Maik Pfingsten spent many years working as a troubleshooter, rescuing international development projects, before systematising and selling his own service business. Today, he specialises in ‘productised services’ – that is, transforming consultancy and engineering services into standardised, scalable offerings.

In his article, Maik describes an experiment to scale up a traditional engineering service – the drafting of specifications – using specialised AI agents. His key insight: not everything can be automated, but if you identify individual work steps specifically and provide them with clear master prompts, you can achieve surprisingly good results.

→ Read the German article “AI in engineering firms”

Beate Mader – AI and sustainability

Beate Mader has been self-employed for over 20 years as a communications specialist, offering value-driven consultancy. In addition, since 2010 she has been running what is probably the oldest co-working space south of Munich, in Bad Tölz.

Beate describes her conscious, measured approach to AI; she actively addresses the addictive nature of the technology, which she herself experiences. Her perspective on sustainability is particularly striking: she has been concerned with the resource consumption of server farms since the early 2020s and, accordingly, uses AI only as a sparring partner, whilst creating texts, graphics and even her blog audio clips herself.

→ Read the German article “AI and sustainability”

Doris Schuppe – The principle of hope

As a digital mentor, Doris Schuppe helps people discover the right tools, AI and workflows; as a biologist and computer scientist with a professional background in journalism, PR and marketing, she is thoroughly familiar with the digital world. In Mallorca, you can work alongside her in a cosy co-working space.

Doris lives by Ernst Bloch’s ‘Principle of Hope’: not passively waiting, but actively helping to shape the future, even when much remains unclear. She uses AI for countless tasks whilst remaining alert to security risks, resource consumption and the question of what AI is truly capable of.

→ Read the German article “Principle of hope”

Olaf Keser-Wagner – The nature of AI

Olaf Keser-Wagner is an evocator, author, coach and organisational developer. He explores the impact of questions on leadership, learning and responsibility. Focusing on questioning skills, evocative leadership and motivational potential analysis, he supports individuals and organisations through development and change processes.

Olaf describes AI not as a question of tools, but as a question of relationships. Drawing on personal experiences, he examines the ‘essence of AI’ and demonstrates that whilst AI generates answers and possibilities, it cannot take on responsibility nor build genuine relationships with questions or people. The crucial question for the future therefore concerns not so much AI as human beings themselves.

→ Read the German article ‘The nature of AI’

Barbara Hilgert – Relationships in the digital age

Barbara Hilgert is a project manager, Agile coach and lifelong learner from Schleswig-Holstein. She supports organisations in the fields of education, public administration and business on their journey towards effective collaboration. She is currently working in particular with young people on the topic of IT career guidance.

In her article, Barbara explores the tension between the everyday, conscious use of AI and the warnings from critical young people about the risk of it becoming taken for granted. Relationships cannot be replaced by AI. What applies to offices also applies to classrooms. What applies to managers also applies to Year 5 pupils.

→ Read the German article “AI in my everyday working life” on LinkedIn

Dominic Franck – AI in the pharmaceutical industry

Dr Dominic Franck holds a PhD in chemistry; he is the managing director of Fairwindel, a company aiming to manufacture disposable nappies from 100 per cent renewable raw materials, and works as a consultant in the pharmaceutical industry. He is using AI to try to free up more time for the things he really enjoys.

In his article, Dominic describes how AI is changing his day-to-day work as a chemist in the pharmaceutical industry – from structured HPLC troubleshooting to validation reports. He also discusses the limitations of AI and the delegation of responsibility.

→ Read the German article “How AI in Pharma is changing my job”

Daniel Dubbel – Are you using AI to drive your team into a brick wall?

Daniel Dubbel has been in charge of large organisations for over 25 years, leading managers and teams and establishing or restructuring organisations where necessary. He thinks in terms of systems theory, acts pragmatically and follows the principle that circumstances influence behaviour. He is currently co-authoring his first book, “Reality Strikes Back!”, with Kai-Marian Pukall, which is due to be published by Vahlen Verlag this autumn.

In his contribution to the blog series, Daniel describes how AI appears to save time and speed up teams, from individual tasks to collaboration with agents. But what actually happens to the time saved, and who gets left behind in the process?

→ Read the German post “Are you driving your team into a brick wall with AI?”

Bernd Ruetzel – The official twin prompt

Bernd Ruetzel is an IT pioneer with 43 years’ experience. He is the driving force behind the ‘Die Dritte Intelligenz’ alliance, builds digital ecosystems for high-end B2B SMEs, and views technology as a means to an end – one that should serve people, strengthen communities and create economic freedom.

In his article, Bernd describes a method that has radically transformed his own day-to-day work: the twin prompt. Rather than using AI for soulless, mass-produced texts, the article reveals, without holding back, how to set up the technology as a virtual counterpart that challenges your own strategies, uncovers gaps and enables genuine digital sovereignty.

→ Read the article “The official twin prompt: How to synchronise your AI and become a co-author”

Susanne Hillmer – How AI has transformed my LinkedIn training courses

Susanne Hillmer is a LinkedIn expert, social selling trainer and founder of Kundenpfadfinder®. She supports companies, self-employed professionals and teams in using LinkedIn strategically to boost visibility, build networks and attract customers and employees. With many years’ sales experience, practical training programmes and an international career as a digital nomad, she shares authentic strategies for modern digital networking and sustainable business success.

In her post, Susanne describes the challenges posed by AI when using LinkedIn and how she has integrated useful AI modules into her sales training programmes step by step.

→ Read the German post “How AI has transformed my LinkedIn training programmes” on LinkedIn

Boris Holzer – When AI delivers faster than you can process it

Boris Holzer is a Managing Consultant at Conciso and has experience of software development from a wide variety of perspectives. Throughout his career, he has held numerous roles, ranging from developer to tech lead to product owner. He is passionate about the continuous improvement of processes and the long-term success of products and teams. He is increasingly fascinated by the tension between technology and sociology, and the question of how both disciplines influence the success of modern software development.

In his article, Boris describes a phenomenon that many AI power users are likely to be familiar with but rarely name: ‘brain fry’ – the mental exhaustion that sets in when AI delivers results faster than you can process them. His solution: smaller steps, targeted check questions and deliberate breaks instead of constant parallel processing.

→ Read the German article “When AI delivers results faster than you can process them” on LinkedIn

Notes:

The blog challenge ran from 13 June to 24 July 2026. Many thanks to the authors who responded to the call and shared their perspectives and stories.

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By the way, Michael Schenkel has published several posts on the t2informatik Blog, including: