326. Rethinks: The Secrets to Getting the Information You Need from AI
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326. Rethinks: The Secrets to Getting the Information You Need from AI

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 24, 202625 min
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“Most teams leave the vast majority of their innovation potential on the table.” If you treat artificial intelligence like an oracle, you’ll likely be disappointed. But treat it like a teammate, and Jeremy Utley and Kian Gohar say you may be surprised by how useful a collaborator it can be. Utley, an adjunct professor at the Stanford d.school, and Gohar, a bestselling author and futurist, have studied how teams can use AI to generate more creative ideas and solve problems. Their research shows that tools like ChatGPT can unlock new possibilities, but only when teams know h...

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AI can generate answers in seconds, but the quality of those answers depends on the quality of the conversation. I'm Matt Abrahams and I teach strategic communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Welcome to this rethinks episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, the podcast.

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We're revisiting my conversation with Jeremy Utley and Kian Gohar to explore how conversational AI can become a true thinking partner, helping individuals and teams solve problems more more creatively and communicate more effectively. Enjoy this journey into our communication vault.

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The promise of AI is tremendous. Yet most of us, if we're using it at all, are using it incorrectly. It's not about a transaction, it's about a conversation and interaction. I'm Matt Abrahams, and I teach strategic communication at

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