Human
Keep the work with people, by choice.
Bolt Practice · The Method
Where does AI belong
in the work in front of you?
Created by Steve Bolton, Bolt Method™ helps people decide how to work with AI and develop the judgement to use it well.
About Bolt PracticeFive Ways of Working With AI
Five equally valid choices. The work determines which is appropriate; there is no required progression.
Tools
Use AI for a defined task, with human direction.
Agents
Delegate a sequence within defined limits.
Partners
Work with AI through sustained context, developed over time.
Networks
Bring people, AI partners and agents into a directed system.
A Way belongs to the work, not the person.
More AI is not the goal. The right Way is.
Four parts of the practice
The human practices that shape the quality of the work across all five Ways.
Values
What must remain true.
Judgement
What to trust, question, verify, reject or act upon.
Thinking
Framing questions, exploring possibilities, making connections and developing ideas.
Habits
The repeated behaviours that carry the Method into daily work and daily life.
Human accountability runs through the whole Method.
One task.
Different choices.
A team preparing a proposal might use different Ways for different parts of the work. These examples illustrate choices, rather than a sequence to follow.
- Human
- Hold a sensitive client conversation person to person.
- Tools
- Organise appropriate notes into a structure the team can review.
- Agents
- Prepare materials through agreed steps, with a human review point.
- Partners
- Examine a business question using maintained context about the work.
- Networks
- Coordinate contributions to a project with clear responsibilities.
Reading & training
Explore the ideas.
Think With Me introduces the thinking behind the Method. Bolt Practice helps people put it to use through AI training for business.