Communicate Like an AI-Native

Most of my clients already use AI at work. But when it comes to communication, they still treat it like a background assistant: summarizing notes, drafting emails, or polishing memos.

But what if we had grown up with AI?

What would workplace communication look like then?

TBH it’s a little scary to think about.

I’ve spent the past two years exploring that question. I reimagined every meeting, message, and presentation as if I had been born and raised with AI. What I discovered changed how I think about leadership and communication.

Here are three practical ways to use AI before, during, and after the next time you communicate at work, so you can get a feel for what that future looks like. Let’s start in reverse, from easiest to most layered.

1. After the Conversation: AI as Mirror

Record your next meeting or talk.

👉 Try it: Upload the transcript and ask AI:

• Where did logic or tone drift?

• How persuasive was I?

• What assumptions went unspoken?

Pro-tip: ask AI to quote you verbatim in its feedback. AI gives you a mirror without judgment. You’re not guessing how you came across. You’re working with data. Evidence plus awareness turns into real growth.

2. During the Conversation: Co-Create Together

Many people use AI and try to hide it. AI-natives don’t hide it. They use it confidently.

One of my clients, an AI engineer, runs meetings in a simple but powerful way. She asks everyone to predict what AI would say about a topic. Then she shares her screen, types the same question into ChatGPT, and compares results. The team sees where their assumptions align or diverge. AI now becomes a mirror for collective thinking.

👉 Try it:

1. When your team gets stuck in a meeting, suggest asking AI.

2. Share your screen and type the question into it.

3. Before you press enter, ask your team to share what they think AI will say.

4. Then press enter and review the results together.

5. Discuss what it added, what it missed, and what it reframed.

That’s what it means to communicate like an AI-native. You co-create the conversation as a team.

3. Before the Conversation: Practice Aloud

Some work conversations are messy, and that’s okay. Others can’t afford to be. When you need clarity before you speak, use AI to rehearse.

👉 Try it: Turn on voice dictation in ChatGPT and talk for 5 to 10 minutes. Say everything you know out loud. Press send and see what happens.

Clients often feel vulnerable doing this. Many have never voiced their unfiltered thoughts for that long, but they’re surprised by how freeing it is. AI becomes an endlessly patient listener.

Like a good coach or friend, AI is yet again a mirror, paraphrasing what you mean. Sometimes it’s spot on. Sometimes it’s completely off. But in that back-and-forth, clarity emerges.

One tech leader I coach uploads meeting transcripts into an enterprise GPT, uses voice mode on his commute, and rehearses out loud what he will say in his upcoming meetings. With context from previous meetings, GPT gives him relevant, targeted feedback on how to communicate succinctly. Over time, this habit made him calmer, more confident, and ready for a promotion.

This is what it means to think before you speak. AI turns raw thought into clear message. It’s not your proofreader. It’s your practice partner.

Final Thoughts

AI is changing how we communicate. It’s also changing how we think. Yes, it’s speeding up work. It’s also raising the bar for communications. It asks us to slow down, question assumptions, and test what we think we know. And that takes vulnerability and curiosity.

If you’ve been using AI for a while, you’ve probably noticed the same thing I have: you’re learning faster, speaking clearer, and connecting deeper. That’s the mindset of an AI-native communicator: seeing humanity amplified by the tools we build.

If this resonates, like, share, or comment so we can build that future together.