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Cris Cafiero's avatar

The biggest challenge I see: people want the prompts, but don’t want to understand the why behind them. They want to copy & paste, but don’t want to read the response. A little diligence goes a long way to learn the playbook and run it yourself. Thanks for the share!

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Yes, critical thinking rather than copy paste, well put!

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Sharyph's avatar

Love it...

thanks for the prompts.

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Thanks! Took some tips on actionable prompts from your posts!

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Sharyph's avatar

glad you find it helpful.

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Alexandra Mateus's avatar

Loved this. The BRIDGE Method makes the messy middle feel much more manageable. I like how you turn insights into something actionable; that structure sparks creative flow. Excited to read Part 2!

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Yes! At least to me, it makes it all much more manageable, less abstract

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Melanie Goodman's avatar

Where do you see leaders stumble most in your BRIDGE method-is it testing assumptions or moving from vision into a real plan?

I really like how you’ve framed AI as a thinking partner, not just a shortcut for productivity. According to Forbes, companies using AI in structured innovation processes are 40 percent more likely to bring new products successfully to market

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Yes, I've seen that stat! From the many leaders I've talked to over the years, the biggest challenge is going from idea to something tangible, researchable. Taking that abstract floating idea and turning it into something tangible is often so overwhelming for people that they don't pursue it.

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Alex Banks's avatar

You can get anything from your wildest imagination out of an AI model as long as you focus on writing a high-quality prompt with high-quality examples.

Prompt writing must never be overlooked - you get out what you put in.

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Joel Salinas's avatar

So true! And a big reason that creativity and ideation will be crucial skills in the next decade, much more than implementation or coding or designing those ideas.

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TechTiff's avatar

Great article, Joel! Love the method for getting from the messy idea stage to a legit plan!

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Thank you!!🙏

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James Presbitero's avatar

Thia can be very valuable. I bet you can make a custom GPT or a Claude artifact that automates all this into one continuous brainstorming process.

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Joel Salinas's avatar

Great 💡 idea!!!

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