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Generative AI Prompting Formulas: The keys to your success

Most people think using AI is just typing a question and hoping for magic. But here’s the truth: The quality of your results depends on one key skill: effective prompting. Without it, you’ll get vague, unhelpful responses. With it, you unlock AI’s full potential....

There’s an art to designing a meeting and/or workshop.

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It’s a balancing act to have the right discussions that result in the¬†desired outcomes. Trying to fit 5 lbs. of stuff into a 3 lb. bag will only end up with a mess and a lot of stuff on the floor. Here are 5 ways to prevent adding too much into a meeting or...

So what can be done to make meetings more productive and enjoyable?

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What’s the first word that pops into your head when you hear the word “meetings”? My guess is that most people’s response would not be “fulfilling”, “useful” or “progress”. In fact, my guess is that a...

Have you ever heard of erasure poetry?

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I heard about Erasure Poetry on a blog I follow this morning. According to Wikipedia, “Erasure Poetry is also known as blackout poetry, is a form of found poetry wherein a poet takes an existing text and erases, blacks out, or otherwise obscures a large portion...

Are design thinking, workshopping, and agility related?

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How do design thinking (and human-centered design) relate to workshopping, and agility? These are all compliments to each other to promote innovation. They can be used together to help develop new ideas, test new ideas, integrate ideas from multiple people, and then...

What’s the big deal about retrospectives?

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Retrospectives provide an opportunity to inspect and adapt. They allow a team to hit the pause button to really reflect about the work at hand and how the team is working together. The best retrospectives are the ones that result in a couple solid action items that...