The author shares insights from 18 months of working on AI adoption at Imprint, emphasizing the importance of engaging with new tools to build a practical understanding. They completed small projects, such as creating an agent platform and simple tools for blog searching and Notion commenting, which helped clarify the capabilities and limitations of AI tools. The core strategy for adoption at Imprint hinges on removing barriers, encouraging cross-departmental use, and ensuring leadership is actively involved to foster genuine productivity rather than mere appearances. Central to the approach is a focus on documenting tips and tricks in a Notion database, making these resources accessible to everyone in the company. This database serves multiple purposes: it showcases what can be done with AI prompts, offers examples of effective prompts, provides reusable sections, and promotes collective ownership of prompt improvements. The author underscores the value of making prompts discoverable and editable by all team members, which encourages collaboration and innovation. Imprint's choice of AI platform is OpenAI, with automatic account provisioning to streamline access. The article highlights that successful AI adoption often hinges on these operational details, like managing access controls. Within engineering, tools like Cursor and Claude are also provided, but Claude Code, accessed primarily through AWS Bedrock, sees the most use. The author points out that many so-called AI tools are just rebranded SaaS products, emphasizing the need for careful selection and integration of actual AI capabilities.