Transcript
A (0:01)
You're listening to ASBO International's School Business Insider. I'm your host, John Brucato. Each week on School Business Insider, I sit down with school business officials and industry experts from around the world to share their stories and explore the topics that matter most to you. Find out what it means to be a school business official and get your insider pass on all things school business. Hi everyone, and welcome back. Today's guest is no stranger to the show. Aziz Agaev, CEO of Flow List, returns for a deeper dive into using AI effectively in the school business office. This time we're going beyond the basics. Aziz walks us through how school business officials can create their own custom GPTs and including tools like Prompt Assist and prompt Engineering to turn everyday thoughts into structured, high performance AI queries. We also explore Azee's signature framework, the six phases of AI adoption, which helps SPOs move from the curiosity to confident use while staying focused on real impact and responsible practices. Whether you're writing a board summary, refining your capital planning narrative, or analyzing staffing costs, this episode will show you how to get AI to work with you, not, not instead of you. Aziz, my friend, welcome back to School Business Insider. I'm glad to have you back on.
B (1:29)
Thank you. Thank you for having me.
A (1:31)
All right, so let's jump right into it. It's so nice to have you back. What? Your episode is one of the most highly regarded I've had in recent times, and I think not only does that speak to your professionalism and prowess in the industry, but just the need for school business officials to get a little bit more in tune with how to effectively use AI. So I'm excited to have you back on and kind of do a little deeper of a dive. So what are you seeing right now in terms of how school business officials are embracing AI or experimenting with it? You're traveling all over the country, you're doing a lot of professional development. What are you seeing out in the field?
B (2:09)
What I see currently is that during the trainings, everyone comes in with a bias saying that AI is cheating. I cannot use AI because I want to use my own material. And after the training, people realize that it is not the cheating material, it's just an assistant and it can help you to do secretarial tasks a lot faster. And it helps you, for example, take notes for you and you don't have to take notes and then read your notes and convert them to minutes, for example. When people realize the usage, when people realize how it can create efficiency for their professional life, then everything Changes.
A (2:57)
So how are you getting them to have that light bulb moment where they, they realize exactly what you just said? I mean, they're seeing AI as an assistant, as a tool doing clerical repetitive tasks. What does it take to get someone who may come in with their bias to that point?
