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AI’s progress may be holding your team back

Meet the professor: Google’s Ted Souder from Building an AI-First Organization
Ted Souder is back to teach our Building an AI-First Organization workshop. Get to know him a little better (and why we keep bringing him back for more).

What is Prompting for AI? The Beginner's Guide to AI Prompt Writing
What is prompting? In this beginner's guide to instructing AI models like ChatGPT through written prompts, you'll earn the basics of prompting for natural AI conversations.

GPT-4o: What’s cool, what’s hype, and what happens next
Our in-house AI expert talks all things GPT-4o and what it means for the future — ours and AI's.

Try these 3 things before giving up on AI
In this interview, Jeremy Utley exposes the confirmation biases that cause us to bounce off AI – and how you can get a result that will make it stick.

Can't stop checking your favorite app? Here's why.
Have you ever been bored and caught yourself checking Instagram just seconds after you closed it?
I’m sure you didn’t reopen it because you had an overwhelming urge to see more pics of your college roommate's lunch. You did it without thinking, like it was second nature.
If that sounds familiar, then I hate to break it to you: You have a habit.
And what’s more, that habit was built intentionally – by the people who designed your app.

3 proven ways to get customers to share your product
Here’s a simple fact about human nature: The better something makes someone look, the more likely they are to share it.
You probably noticed this on your Instagram feed at the end of last year, when a metric ton of your friends shared their Spotify Wrapped playlist.
What makes sharing the Spotify Wrapped playlist so irresistible?

Which skills matter? Employees and L&D leaders don’t always agree [research]
Which skills matter in the modern workplace – to get promoted, to get ahead, to impact the business? It turns out that employees and learning leaders don’t always agree.
We recently surveyed 10,000 students and 250 learning leaders on the skills that are their biggest priority in 2023.

Want to build the next Airbnb? 4 steps to get started
Airbnb changed the way we travel without purchasing any hotels. Uber made it easier to get around without amassing their own fleet. And DoorDash took care of breakfast without cracking a single egg.
The common thread between these companies is that they’re platform businesses. Rather than selling products directly, they’re providing a platform that conveniently connects sellers and buyers.
How do you follow in their footsteps? Here are four steps that can help you build a platform of your own.