GenAI Superstream: Next-Level Work and Creativity with Generative AI
Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Learn how to automate, innovate, and take your ideas from prompt to prototype with generative AI
Generative AI is becoming ubiquitous in the workplace, but many professionals still struggle to move beyond basic use cases and fully leverage AI’s capabilities to innovate, problem-solve, and boost everyday productivity. They’ve realized some gains but don’t know how to take the next step.
Join us to deepen your understanding of GenAI. These expert-led sessions will reveal GenAI’s potential to help you solve problems in new ways—and stoke your human ingenuity through AI collaboration. You’ll explore striking examples of GenAI’s capacity to create prototypes, automate tasks, and learn powerful ways to integrate AI into your work, even if you have no technical expertise or experience.
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What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
- Discover new ways of thinking about GenAI that enable more effective human-AI partnership
- Explore prompting techniques that will help you get the most out of AI
- Go beyond text and image outputs to use AI for automation, prototyping, and problem-solving
- Start using AI coding assistants even if you don’t know how to code
- Get tips for becoming a continuous learner who feels capable of navigating the rapidly changing world of AI
Recommended follow-up:
- Read “The Five Principles of Prompting” (chapter 1 in Prompt Engineering for Generative AI)
- Take Using Generative AI to Boost Your Personal Productivity (live course with David Griffiths)
- Watch AI for Everyone: Leveraging Generative AI Tools to Write, Design, Code, and More (recorded event)
- Complete Generative AI for Enhanced Project Management: Essential Prompting Techniques to Accelerate Project Success (on-demand course)
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
Introduction – Dan Shipper (5 minutes)
- Dan Shipper welcomes you to the GenAI Superstream.
Fireside Chat with Kelly Monahan and Dan Shipper (35 minutes)
- In the conference opener, Dan Shipper, cofounder and CEO of Every, and Kelly Monahan, managing director of the Upwork Research Institute, discuss the emerging skill sets and attitudes required to thrive in an AI-augmented workforce. They’ll explore how professionals can strategically position themselves to leverage AI as a collaborative tool rather than as a replacement for human creativity and expertise, what mindset shifts are necessary to adapt to rapidly evolving work paradigms, the nuanced dynamics of human-AI collaboration, and much more.
From Conversation to Content: Using Zapier and ChatGPT to Turn Call Transcripts into Engaging Social Posts – Mike Taylor (35 minutes)
- Customer calls and team meetings are often filled with valuable insights and ideas that fall by the wayside. Generative AI expert Mike Taylor shows you a simple, efficient process for preserving these insights and automatically turning them into high-quality blog posts, social media content, and more. You’ll learn how to capture call transcripts from platforms like Zoom, Gong, or Grain and then, by way of Zapier, leverage language models like ChatGPT to transform those raw insights into polished, authentic marketing content—a process you can then tailor to your own work to boost productivity and deliver real benefits to your audience without the hassle of crafting content from scratch.
Break (5 minutes)
Session with Marily Nika (35 minutes)
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Getting Started with Replit, Cursor, and Bolt: A Noncoder's Guide to Using AI Coding Assistants – Mark Kashef (35 minutes)
- Prompt Advisers founder Mark Kashef offers a guide to collaborating with AI coding assistants like Replit, Cursor, and Bolt to rapidly prototype, test, and refine new solutions in your day-to-day work—no coding experience required. Through relatable examples spanning marketing campaigns, project planning, and more, Mark showcases practical, accessible steps to amplify productivity and creativity. You’ll also explore the tools’ current limitations, ensuring you walk away with realistic expectations and the confidence to begin experimenting right away.
Break (5 minutes)
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Closing Remarks – Dan Shipper (5 minutes)
- Dan Shipper closes out today’s event.
Your Hosts and Selected Speakers
Dan Shipper
Dan Shipper is the CEO and cofounder of Every, a daily newsletter on business, AI, and personal development read by almost 75,000 founders, operators, and investors. He also hosts the show AI & I, where he interviews founders, executives, investors, artists, filmmakers, and more about how they use AI in their work and in their lives. He also writes a weekly column at Every called Chain of Thought, covering AI, tools for thought, and the psychology of work. Previously, he was the CEO and cofounder of Firefly, an enterprise software company that he sold to Pegasystems.
Kelly Monahan
Dr. Kelly Monahan is a leading expert on the future of work, renowned for her insights into the evolving intersection of technology, workforce dynamics, and organizational behavior. Kelly has spent over a decade researching and advising global organizations on navigating workforce transformation and preparing for the challenges of tomorrow, and her expertise spans areas such as the adoption of generative AI, emerging trends in freelance work, and the critical role of human adaptability in organizational success. She has a unique talent for blending data-driven research with cultural insights, offering a compelling vision of how businesses and individuals can thrive in an era of rapid change. Kelly’s thought leadership has earned widespread acclaim, with her work frequently cited in major media outlets, such as Forbes, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, and Harvard Business Review.
Mike Taylor
Mike Taylor builds simulator-based marketing courses at Vexpower. Previously, he cofounded Ladder, a 50-person growth marketing agency, where he led ad operations, data science, and product teams.
Marily Nika
Based in San Francisco, Marily Nika works for Google as a Speech AI Product Manager. Marily holds a Ph.D in Computer Science & Epidemiology from Imperial College London and is also a part-time Teaching Fellow at Harvard Business School’s Analytics Program where she runs a forum series on Product Management.
Marily has delivered three TEDx talks and has received international recognition — including the Woman of the Year 2018 Award by everywoman as well as the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Influence Award in 2015, for empowering the Women in tech community in various ways. Marily is also actively involved in the startup scene as she serves as an advisor for startups in the EdTech space and is mentoring early stage startups.
Mark Kashef
Mark Kashef is the founder of Prompt Advisers, an AI consultancy that has helped hundreds of businesses seamlessly integrate generative AI into their workflows. With over a decade of experience in data science and machine learning—spanning roles as a data scientist at multiple startups and as a data science manager—he brings a proven track record of harnessing advanced tools to drive meaningful outcomes. Alongside his consulting work, Mark shares insights and practical guidance on his YouTube channel, where he helps professionals quickly understand and apply the latest AI innovations to solve real-world challenges.