02Arc 1 / Control / DIRECT / 120 MIN
Brief & Steer AI for Better Results
I can give AI clearer direction, improve weak results deliberately, and choose how I want AI to collaborate with me.
The session
THREE BITES. ONE PRACTICAL MOVE.
02AReduce Important Ambiguity
02BYour First Answer Is Not Your Final Answer
02CChange the Role AI Plays
What you'll practise
- Turn an intention into a useful brief.
- Steer output through constraints, examples and feedback.
- Choose a useful interaction mode instead of always asking for an answer.
Keep this idea
Better output usually begins with better direction — then deliberate steering.
Use this now
FIVE-PART BRIEF
Copy this into your notes, a document, or your AI conversation. It is intentionally plain so it remains useful outside any one tool.
OUTCOME What needs to be achieved? ______________________________________________________ SITUATION What does AI need to understand? ______________________________________________________ MATERIAL What information, draft, data or examples should it use? ______________________________________________________ BOUNDARIES What must it do, avoid, preserve or not assume? ______________________________________________________ DELIVERABLE What exactly should come back? ______________________________________________________
Class rhythm
Feel itExperience the problem or contrast before naming the method.
Name itMake the useful pattern explicit.
Use itApply it to a real work object and inspect the result.
Keep itCapture the part worth reusing after class.