The ChatGPT Experiment - Simplifying Chat GPT For Curious Beginners

Ep 96 - Real Example: Coaching a Team to Use ChatGPT for Scalable Research

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Jan 14, 2026
Dive into the transformative power of ChatGPT as a strategic partner. Learn a four-part framework for effective prompting: clarify tasks, define success, and prompt questions. Discover how to automate research processes for trade advocacy groups, emphasizing dialogue over mere task assignment. Cary highlights the importance of a modular approach, ensuring flexibility and ease of updates in AI projects. Gain insights into defining AI roles, utilizing memory features, and maintaining adaptable document structures for ongoing success with AI.
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ADVICE

Use A Four-Part Prompt Framework

  • Tell ChatGPT four things: what we're doing, why we're doing it, what success looks like, and questions it should ask.
  • Asking these invites reasoning, context, and a dialogue that improves outcomes.
INSIGHT

Why Context Triggers Better Reasoning

  • Giving ChatGPT the 'why' and success criteria unlocks broader reasoning beyond task execution.
  • This context steers the model to design approaches that better achieve the intended outcome.
ANECDOTE

Coaching An Association With Repetitive Research

  • Cary describes coaching an industry advocacy group that struggled to track 50-state regulatory changes manually.
  • The group's inconsistent use of ChatGPT led them back to manual searches and wasted time.
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