Catching Up

You're not behind. The conversation just hasn't been aimed at you.

Practical AI confidence for professional women who know AI matters - and are ready to make it work for them.

If you're a professional woman who has been meaning to engage seriously with AI at work and hasn't quite got there, this practical guide was written for you.

Catching Up: AI Confidence for Professional Women is a concise, jargon-free guide that combines the practical AI foundation of the workplace edition with a chapter the generic guides do not include: an honest account of why the gender gap in AI adoption exists, what research says about the specific barriers professional women face, and how to navigate them.

No technical background required. No assumption that the problem is your capability. No hype.

What's inside
Seven core chapters covering the practical essentials - what AI is, how to prompt effectively, how to use it for the real work of professional life - plus a dedicated chapter on the terrain specific to professional women.

• The documented gender gap in AI adoption: why it exists and why it is not about capability
• How to build AI fluency in environments that are not always supportive
• Managing reputational risk and the documented social penalty for AI use at work
• How to navigate psychological safety challenges
• How to advocate for clearer organisational policy
• Practical prompting, real workplace use cases and a full prompt library

Who it's for
Professional women at any stage of their career who are ready to close the gap - and who want a guide that takes the full professional context seriously, not just the technical basics.

The research behind it
This edition draws on credible, current research including the Harvard Business School meta-analysis of 143,000 professionals, Lean In's 2025 survey, BCG's AI at Work findings and the PNAS social penalty study - all fully attributed.