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👉🏻 Once as a journalist, once as an investor, and once as the governess of an 8-year-old noblewoman in the 18th century.

While working on ANADAI, I naturally worked with GenAI. Strategy consulting, market positioning, communication planning, SEO, compliance – I have now filled all these roles digitally.

Somewhere in the development process of the project, I noticed that I had lost sight of my own project amid all the conceptualisation: the ‘can't see the wood for the trees’ effect. First, I had ANADAI explained to me by a bad-tempered investor, then by a ‘JONT’ – a journalist with no significant tech knowledge. Both remained somewhat boring in the area of the forest that I could no longer see. So another solution was needed: the governess who explains ANADAI to a child.

I'm putting all three texts in this post in reverse order: the most entertaining first. To all those who persevere and read to the end, I would like to express my baroque admiration at this point.

The Governess (18th century)

"Now listen, my little countess – I want to tell you about something you cannot see, cannot hear, cannot even comprehend in the usual sense. And yet, as God is my witness, it is something of such significance that entire kingdoms could one day depend on it.

Imagine: an invisible servant, in no chamber, with no body – and yet always present. A being that appears out of nowhere when called upon. It knows all the books in the world, speaks all languages, and answers – like an intelligent conversationalist – every question, no matter how confusing.

But, alas: this servant is not human. It has no heart, no judgement, no virtue – only the reflection of what you tell it. If you ask a stupid question, it gives a stupid answer. If you lead it badly, it wanders around like a headless ghost. But if you know how to guide it properly – oh, then it can accomplish things that only angels or poets can otherwise achieve.

A certain gentleman, a man with an understanding of theatre and a quill pen, has now set himself the task of teaching people how to deal with this spirit being. He does not call it a demon, nor an oracle – but an ensemble. He teaches not only questioning, but the art of directing: how to assign roles to this spirit, guide it through scenes and encourage it to truly collaborate. He opens up chambers of thought that are neither entirely human nor mechanical – spaces for shared reflection. He calls his teaching ANADAI – a school not for technique, no, but for thinking itself. For questioning. For inner guidance.

For, my dear lady, just as you stage your puppets, assign roles, raise your voice and direct – so too must this spirit be guided one day. Those who can guide it will achieve great things. Those who allow themselves to be guided will perish.

The Journalist

So, to put it simply: ANADAI helps people think with artificial intelligence – and think better, not less.

When we talk about AI – specifically language models such as ChatGPT – we're not talking about a tool that you use like Excel. It's more like a new conversation partner: one who never gets tired, who can join in on almost any topic – but who has no idea what you really need unless you teach them wisely.

Most people underestimate two things: first, how good these models are now. And second, how much the quality of their answers depends on how you talk to them. Ethan Mollick rightly says: ChatGPT is like a very willing but unclear assistant – you don't get what you want, but what you order.

This is exactly where ANADAI comes in. It is not a tool, but a methodical coaching programme that empowers people – especially managers, communicators and consultants – to make themselves smarter with AI. A collaborative mindset is established that really works – and only then is the actual collaboration with AI developed.

One manager told me that thanks to ANADAI, she was able to prepare a board briefing in less than half the usual time. In addition, when working with AI in the area of deal diligence, risks suddenly emerged in the analysis that she would otherwise have missed.

And the figures speak for themselves: a Harvard study of over 750 consultants shows a 25% increase in working speed and a 40% improvement in quality.

The difference is probably that Hansen does not come from the tech sector, but originally from theatre and writing. He treats AI not as software, but as an ensemble with which one must speak on equal terms. You literally learn to direct with probability machines.

Intensive work with language, dramaturgy and psychological depth, coupled with ten years of entrepreneurship in the tech and innovation sector, result in a special blend: Hansen has learned how to sort complexity, assign roles and change perspectives. He transfers this to his work with AI – and that is precisely what makes ANADAI different: It's not a prompt course. It's directing work with an omniscient, clueless stochastic slingshot.

Applying the method takes a little courage. Because you have to watch yourself think – and that's not always pleasant. But the effect is enormous: suddenly, AI becomes not just an answer provider, but a critical co-thinker. Someone who points out your errors in thinking and blind spots, reminds you of your strategy and makes suggestions that really help you move forward.

More than 53% of all C-level executives already use Gen AI regularly – but not all of them know how to get the most out of the technology. ANADAI is a mental and technical operating manual for this.

The grumpy tech investor

Listen up, everyone. This is my fourth Zoom call today, and everyone wants to sell me their ‘revolutionary AI start-up’. Every other pitch starts with ‘We're disrupting...’ and ends with some inflated prompt engineering wisdom for seven-figure sums. I've seen more AI bullshit than I care to remember over the last two years – I can't stand to hear it anymore.

ChatGPT doesn't automatically make us geniuses just because we type in ‘please write me a strategy’. It's like asking a Michelin-starred chef to ‘make something delicious’ and then wondering why you're not being served the oysters with shallot espuma you've been dreaming of. The whole market is full of wannabes who think they're consultants now just because they use a paid GPT subscription.

And who is this Hansen? Theatre guy. No Stanford MBA, no tech background, no VC portfolio. My first thought: ‘Oh well, another hobbyist who thinks he can somehow squeeze money out of the bubble.’

But, honestly? This guy gets something that a lot of tech bros don't understand: AI isn't a tool, it's a conversation partner. And if you don't know how to have conversations, you won't get anything useful out of it. Theatre is pure ROI optimisation – every scene, every sentence must convey a thought, every role must deliver added value, every dialogue must advance the story. Applied to working with LLMs, that makes a lot of sense.

And the numbers add up: Harvard/BCG study with 758 consultants – 40% better output quality, 25% faster performance. No idea who paid whom for what, but there must be something to it.

The point that really convinces me: this ANADAI is not just another SaaS tool that ends up in the digital drawer after two months. It's a method – once you've learned it, it works with any LLM for the rest of your life. Whether it's OpenAI, Anthropic or whoever comes out with the next model.

So yes, I'm still annoyed by all the AI hype rubbish out there. But Hansen is doing something that could work. It annoys me a little, but I have to admit: it's pretty clever.