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    Playing Mental Chess with AI

    Playing Mental Chess with AI

    Strategic AI Thinking for Business Leaders

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    Inspired Investing

    Faith-Driven Strategies for Lasting Wealth

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    10x Your ProductivityWith AI and Automation

    Master the proven framework to revolutionize your workflow, eliminate repetitive tasks, and achieve extraordinary results with cutting-edge AI tools.

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    Enhance Your Workflow with AI5-Day Challenge

    Transform your daily work with proven AI workflows. Each day unlocks a new capability that drives measurable results.

    1

    The 4-Part Prompt Framework

    Master Google's proven framework: Context, Task, Format, Constraints. Write prompts that produce genuinely usable results every time.

    2

    Mental Chess with Email

    Use Claude to rewrite one email for three different audiences simultaneously — without changing a single fact. Chapter 6–8.

    3

    Meeting Minutes in Minutes

    Turn any meeting transcript into structured minutes with action items using AI. Then document a process in Guidde.

    4

    Hidden Data Insights

    Upload any business dataset to ChatGPT or Excel Copilot. Surface 3 non-obvious insights and create visualisations — in 30 minutes.

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    Automate Something You Hate

    Build one real automation with Zapier, Power Automate, or Claude coding. Run it twice. Never do that task manually again.

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    Meet the Book: Know Decide Act

    A comprehensive framework for leveraging AI and automation across every industry

    Know Decide Act Book

    Transform Your Work with AI

    Whether you're in tech, finance, healthcare, or creative industries, this book provides actionable strategies to revolutionize your workflow.

    What You'll Master

    • AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and custom LLMs
    • Automate repetitive tasks and focus on high-value work
    • Build efficient workflows that scale with your business
    • Real-world case studies across multiple industries
    Part of a Complete Trilogy

    The Know Decide Act Series

    Three books. One framework. From mastering AI productivity to values-driven decisions to faith-informed investing.

    01
    You are here

    10x Your Productivity with AI Automation

    The practical AI framework for business professionals — master agents, copilots, and automation.

    02
    New Release

    Playing Mental Chess with AI

    The KDA system for values-driven decisions and strategic alignment — endorsed by Sreeram Iyer (COO, ANZ Bank) and Roger Yeh (Raksa Insurance).

    03
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    Inspired Investing

    Faith-driven strategies for lasting wealth — investing with biblical wisdom and emerging technology insight.

    Inside the Book

    A practical roadmap from understanding AI to transforming your entire workflow

    Part 1

    Know — Understanding the AI Landscape

    Explore the current state of AI tools, understand how large language models work in plain language, and identify which technologies are most relevant to your industry and role.

    Part 2

    Decide — Choosing What to Automate

    Learn the decision framework for evaluating which tasks deliver the highest ROI when automated. Map your workflow, identify bottlenecks, and prioritize AI integration points.

    Part 3

    Act — Implementing AI Workflows

    Step-by-step guides for deploying AI across your work: prompt engineering, agentic coding, data analysis with copilots, automated presentations, and multi-agent collaboration.

    Part 4

    Scale — From Individual to Team Productivity

    Strategies for rolling out AI workflows across teams and organizations. Build AI-augmented processes, measure impact, and create a culture of continuous productivity improvement.

    Part 5

    The 5-Day AI Challenge

    A hands-on companion guide with five daily challenges that put the KDA framework into practice — from your first AI agent to a fully automated presentation pipeline.

    What Readers Are Saying

    Join thousands of professionals transforming their productivity

    Michael Podolinsky
    Michael Podolinsky
    Speaker & Productivity Guru
    "Leaders need to take control of their system(s) and DOUBLE their productivity and their teams cohesion. Use the Know Decide Act book to deliver productivity results!"
    YunYi Lim
    YunYi Lim
    Cloud Architect
    "As an IT professional, I found 'Know Decide Act' to be an eye-opening guide on AI in the workplace. What really resonates is the book's emphasis on AI as a force multiplier and co-pilot"
    Tony Tay
    Tony Tay
    Founder, Agile Algo
    "Keith B. Carter's approach aligns perfectly with what we aim to achieve at AgileAlgo—empowering organizations to turn their knowledge into intelligent, actionable AI models"
    Prof Carlos Marquerie
    Prof Carlos Marquerie
    AI Expert
    "This is a practical guide for integrating artificial intelligence (AI) to maximize productivity and efficiency. It is aimed at business leaders and professionals who seek to leverage AI in their daily work."

    Meet the Author

    Cornell MBA · Bretton Woods Committee Member · Former NUS Associate Professor

    Keith B. Carter

    Keith B. Carter

    Cornell MBA · Bretton Woods Committee Member · Know Decide Act Series

    Keith B. Carter is a Cornell MBA, former Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee in Washington DC — the institution whose members include central bank governors, finance ministers, and Nobel laureates.

    At Estee Lauder he scaled procurement from $1B to $3B and increased ROIC from 7% to 25%. He now delivers AI and leadership programs across Asia through Emeritus with clients including Societe Generale, Accenture, and Lockton. He is the author of the Know Decide Act series.

    Bretton Woods Committee Member
    Cornell MBA · NUS Fintech Lab Founder
    Estee Lauder — ROIC 7% → 25%
    Emeritus · SocGen, Accenture, Lockton

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