# Quick Win: The hidden reason AI isn’t delivering value at work, according to Dom Price Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132/quick-win-the-hidden-reason-ai-isn-t-delivering-value-at-work-according-to-dom-price Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132/quick-win-the-hidden-reason-ai-isn-t-delivering-value-at-work-according-to-dom-price.md Podcast: [How I Work](https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132) Published: 2026-08-23T20:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/how-i-work/quick-win-the-hidden-reason-ai-isn-t-delivering-value-at-work-according-to-dom-price Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/187/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/190bd54e-82e6-43fb-8f6a-af46001792de/4414e656-fafb-4148-a6a7-b3a700029436/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=71f0c47d-eac4-4e42-b713-af46001792ec Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-i-work-960132/episodes/quick-win-the-hidden-reason-ai-isn-t-delivering-value-at-work-according-to-dom-price Duration seconds: 402 ## Resource AI might be saving you time, but if you don’t know what to do with that time, it’s not worth much. In this Quick Win, I’m joined by Dom Price, who spent 12 years as the Work Futurist at Atlassian. Dom shares a powerful reminder: saving time with AI is meaningless unless you know how to reinvest that time intentionally. After watching organisations roll out sophisticated AI tools without upgrading the  human  system around them, Dom explains why people often use their newfound hours poorly - and how a single, deliberate question can transform the return you get from AI.   Dom and I discuss:  Why organisations focus on AI tools but forget the human system that actually uses them   The surprising behaviour Dom saw when teams became “35 percent more productive” - including a huge spike in meetings   What happens when people gain time but aren’t guided on how to use it  The small mindset shift that helps you reinvest saved time more wisely  The reflection question that turns AI gains into genuine value:  What’s the most valuable thing I can do with this time?    KEY QUOTES   “I don’t care what you saved. I care what you did with it.”   “Take a moment before filling that space. Ask yourself: what’s the most valuable thing I can do with this time?”   Connect with Dom Price on  Instagram ,  LinkedIn  and his  website .  Listen to the full conversation with Dom here .   My latest book The Health Habit is out now. You can order… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-i-work-960132/episodes/quick-win-the-hidden-reason-ai-isn-t-delivering-value-at-work-according-to-dom-price/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132/quick-win-the-hidden-reason-ai-isn-t-delivering-value-at-work-according-to-dom-price.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.