AI Practice
16 guides in this category.
Bringing AI Into a Creative Project Without Ruining It
What generic AI brainstorming actually gives a creative project and what it quietly flattens, four prompts that help today without taking over, and what changes when the AI applies Rick Rubin's documented listening practice instead of generic idea generation.
AI for Hiring Decisions: Where Claude and ChatGPT Actually Help
A grounded look at what generic AI use gets right and wrong when you're deciding on a hire, four prompts that genuinely sharpen the decision, and what changes when the AI applies a documented evidence-based hiring framework instead of generic interview advice.
Using AI to Prep for a Negotiation: What Actually Works
Generic AI negotiation advice is genuinely useful and genuinely limited. Here's what Claude and ChatGPT get right before a negotiation, four prompts that work today, and what changes once the AI has a documented framework instead of a generic one.
AI Won't Write Your Best Work, But It Can Improve It
What generic AI editing actually fixes and flattens in a piece of writing, four prompts that sharpen a real draft today, and what changes when the AI applies Joan Didion's documented precision instead of generic style advice.
Can AI Actually Help You Make Better Decisions?
A practical look at what Claude and ChatGPT are actually good for when you're stuck on a decision, four prompts that work today, and what changes once the AI is reasoning through a documented behavioural-science framework instead of generic advice.
The AI Prompts That Make a Feedback Conversation Easier to Prepare
What generic AI feedback drafting actually produces, four prompts that sharpen a real feedback conversation today, and what changes when the AI applies Kim Scott's documented Radical Candor framework instead of generic tact advice.
Learning Faster With AI: A Realistic Look
What generic AI tutoring actually gets right and wrong when you're trying to learn something hard, four prompts that speed up real learning today, and what changes when the AI applies Barbara Oakley's documented learning-science framework instead of generic study advice.
AI and the Hard Part of Managing Clients
What generic AI advice on a shaky client relationship actually catches, four prompts that sharpen the read today, and what changes when the AI applies the documented Trust Equation instead of generic client-management advice.
Prepping for a Meeting With Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini
What generic AI meeting prep actually produces and misses, four prompts that sharpen a real meeting today, and what changes when the AI applies Andy Grove's documented output-focused method instead of generic agenda advice.
Pricing Your Work With AI: What ChatGPT and Claude Can (and Can't) Tell You
An honest look at what generic AI pricing advice gets right and where it stops, four prompts that sharpen an actual pricing decision today, and what changes when the AI applies a documented value-based fees framework instead of generic rate-setting advice.
How Product Teams Are Actually Using AI to Make Decisions
What generic AI product advice actually catches and misses, four prompts that sharpen a real roadmap decision today, and what changes when the AI applies Marty Cagan's documented empowered-teams framework instead of generic prioritization advice.
Getting Ready for a Discovery Call With Claude or ChatGPT
What generic AI call prep actually gets you before a sales conversation, four prompts that sharpen it today, and what changes when the AI applies Neil Rackham's documented SPIN research instead of generic sales-call advice.
Stress-Testing a Strategy With AI: A Method for Claude and ChatGPT
What generic AI feedback on a strategy document actually catches and misses, four prompts that surface real gaps today, and what changes when the AI applies Richard Rumelt's documented kernel framework instead of generic strategic-review advice.
Thinking Like an Investor With AI: What Gets Right and What It Doesn't
What generic AI investment chat actually gets right and dangerously wrong, four prompts that sharpen your own thinking today, and what changes when the AI applies Warren Buffett's documented margin-of-safety method instead of generic investing advice. Not investment advice.
Why a Weekly Review Is a Good Use of AI, and How to Actually Run One
What a generic AI-assisted weekly review actually catches and misses, four prompts that sharpen the review today, and what changes when the AI applies Cal Newport's documented deep-work planning discipline instead of generic reflection prompts.
Writing Difficult Emails With AI: A Method That Actually Works
What ChatGPT and Claude are genuinely good at when you're stuck on a hard email, four prompts that produce a send-ready draft today, and what changes when the AI is writing from a documented direct-response framework instead of generic tone advice.