Work With AI / open workbook
YOUR AI WORK PLAYBOOK.
One public workbook for the whole programme. Use it in class, print it, copy sections into your notes, and come back after the course.
8 session cards + final proofHow to use it
DON'T COLLECT PROMPTS. COLLECT WORKING METHODS.
Each card captures something worth reusing. By Session 8, the cards become evidence of how you direct, ground, inspect, create and repeat AI-assisted work while keeping human judgement visible.
01 / CHOOSE
Discover What AI Can Do With Your Work
ANCHOR TASK I need to ___________________________________________. A good outcome would be ______________________________. Today I usually do it by _____________________________. The main friction is _________________________________. BASELINE Useful: /5 Ready to use: /5 Corrections needed: ________________________________ Confidence in result: /5 Time / effort: ________________________________ SIX WAYS AI CAN HELP [ ] Explain [ ] Generate [ ] Transform [ ] Analyse [ ] Evaluate [ ] Explore For this Anchor Task, three useful AI jobs are: 1. ___________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________________ AI FIT / HUMAN BOUNDARY Choose one: [ ] Yes, as described [ ] Yes, but only with conditions [ ] No — keep it human-led / use a simpler method [ ] Not enough information AI may: ______________________________________________________ Human must: ______________________________________________________ Stop / escalate if: ______________________________________________________ The AI use I had overlooked was: ______________________________________________________
02 / DIRECT
Brief & Steer AI for Better Results
ANCHOR TASK ______________________________________________________ NORMAL INSTRUCTION I USED ______________________________________________________ FIVE-PART BRIEF Outcome: ______________________________________________________ Situation: ______________________________________________________ Material: ______________________________________________________ Boundary: ______________________________________________________ Deliverable: ______________________________________________________ STEERING MOVE USED [ ] Question it [ ] Challenge it [ ] Improve it What changed? ______________________________________________________ INTERACTION MODE [ ] Answer me [ ] Think with me [ ] Challenge me [ ] Interview me Why this mode? ______________________________________________________ What still needs human judgement? ______________________________________________________ PROOF One ambiguity removed: ______________________________________________________ One better result: ______________________________________________________
03 / GROUND
Work With Context, Files & Sources
ANCHOR TASK ______________________________________________________ CONTEXT PACK Task: ______________________________________________________ Facts needed: ______________________________________________________ Source material: ______________________________________________________ Examples to imitate: ______________________________________________________ Rules to obey: ______________________________________________________ Ignore: ______________________________________________________ Unknown: ______________________________________________________ SOURCE-OF-TRUTH RULE For fact ______________________, trust ______________________ because _________________________________________________. Do not trust __________________ because ____________________. EVIDENCE PATTERN Mark claims as: SUPPORTED / INFERENCE / CONFLICT / UNKNOWN One claim I checked: ______________________________________________________ PROOF What changed after grounding? ______________________________________________________
04 / INSPECT
Analyse, Compare & Audit Consistently
ANALYSIS CARD Question: ______________________________________________________ Evidence: ______________________________________________________ Scope included / excluded: ______________________________________________________ Criteria: ______________________________________________________ COMPARISON RUBRIC Option A: __________________ Option B: __________________ Criterion 1: _______________ Evidence: __________________ Criterion 2: _______________ Evidence: __________________ Criterion 3: _______________ Evidence: __________________ AUDIT CHECKLIST Gap found: ______________________________________________________ Contradiction: ______________________________________________________ Unsupported claim: ______________________________________________________ Fix needed: ______________________________________________________ PROOF One issue detected using an explicit criterion: ______________________________________________________
05 / ADAPT
Write, Transform & Communicate
FACT PACK Confirmed facts: ______________________________________________________ Source notes: ______________________________________________________ Missing facts: ______________________________________________________ Cannot promise: ______________________________________________________ Receiver: ______________________________________________________ Tone: ______________________________________________________ AUDIENCE TRANSFORM Audience 1: __________________ Purpose: __________________ Audience 2: __________________ Purpose: __________________ What changed? ______________________________________________________ What stayed fixed? ______________________________________________________ RECEIVER TEST Purpose / Information / Tone / Risk / Action Weakest item: ______________________________________________________ Receiver-driven edit: ______________________________________________________ PROOF One fact protected from invention: ______________________________________________________
06 / CHALLENGE
Think, Brainstorm & Challenge
DIVERGENCE LENSES Lens 1: __________________ Option: ______________________ Lens 2: __________________ Option: ______________________ Lens 3: __________________ Option: ______________________ Lens 4: __________________ Option: ______________________ TRADE-OFF MATRIX Objective: ______________________________________________________ Option chosen for test: ______________________________________________________ Trade-off discovered: ______________________________________________________ Uncertainty that matters: ______________________________________________________ CHALLENGE / PRE-MORTEM If this fails, likely reason: ______________________________________________________ Hidden assumption: ______________________________________________________ Missing evidence: ______________________________________________________ Revision after challenge: ______________________________________________________ PROOF One decision improved by the challenge: ______________________________________________________
07 / PRODUCE
Create & Work Multimodally
CREATE-4 MAKE: ______________________________________________________ FOR: ______________________________________________________ KNOW: ______________________________________________________ GOOD: ______________________________________________________ FIXED / VARIABLE SPEC FIXED — must not change: ______________________________________________________ VARIABLE — may adapt: ______________________________________________________ REFERENCE — follow: ______________________________________________________ HARD CONSTRAINT — never violate: ______________________________________________________ QUALITY GATES FACT: PASS / FAIL FIT: PASS / FAIL FORMAT: PASS / FAIL CONSISTENCY: PASS / FAIL FUNCTION: PASS / FAIL Second run result: ______________________________________________________ PROOF One fixed element preserved: ______________________________________________________
08 / REPEAT
Turn Good AI Use Into a Repeatable Work System
AI WORK PATTERN WHEN: ______________________________________________________ INPUT: ______________________________________________________ AI JOB: ______________________________________________________ OUTPUT: ______________________________________________________ CHECK: ______________________________________________________ HUMAN: ______________________________________________________ SECOND-RUN REVISION RECORD What drifted? ______________________________________________________ What failed? ______________________________________________________ What instruction / check was added? ______________________________________________________ What remains human? ______________________________________________________ Playbook section to keep this under: ______________________________________________________ PROOF Could another person repeat the method without reading your chat? YES / NO What would they still need? ______________________________________________________
Final proof / course evidence
FINAL PROOF RECORD
FINAL PROOF RECORD · WORK WITH AI ANCHOR TASK ______________________________________________________ BEFORE Normal method used: ______________________________________________________ Original output weakness: ______________________________________________________ Score: Usefulness ___/5 Ready ___/5 Confidence ___/5 AFTER Improved method used: ______________________________________________________ Evidence of improvement: ______________________________________________________ Score: Usefulness ___/5 Ready ___/5 Confidence ___/5 SECOND RUN New input used: ______________________________________________________ Did the method survive? YES / NO What drifted? ______________________________________________________ What stayed fixed? ______________________________________________________ HUMAN BOUNDARY AI may: ______________________________________________________ Human must: ______________________________________________________ Stop if: ______________________________________________________ NEXT MOVE The next AI capability I want to strengthen is: ______________________________________________________