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2025 GREATS: 1010: Getting the Most Out of Generative AI at Work with Jeremy Utley

29 December 2025 49:04 How to be Awesome at Your Job

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Jeremy Utley reveals why many aren’t getting the results they want from AI—and how to fix that.


— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The #1 mistake people are making with AI

2) ChatGPT’s top advantage over other AI platforms (as of late 2024)

3) The simple adjustments that make AI vastly more useful


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— ABOUT JEREMY —

Jeremy Utley is the director of executive education at Stanford’s d.school and an adjunct professor at Stanford’s School of Engineering. He is the host of the d.school’s widely popular program "Stanford’s Masters of Creativity.”

• Book: Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters

• Article: "For Conversations You Dread, Try a Chatbot"

• Article: “Don’t Let Gen AI Limit Your Team’s Creativity”

• Website: JeremyUtley.design

• LinkedIn: Jeremy Utley

• Podcast: Beyond the Prompt

• Course: AI Bootcamp


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Term: Einstellung effect

• Podcast: Huberman Lab

• Video: #NSDR (Non-Sleep Deep Rest) with Dr. Andrew Huberman

• Book: That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Mark Randolph

• Previous episode: 903: How to Save Time Using ChatGPT at Work with Donna McGeorge

• Previous episode: 1111: How to Get Better Results from AI to Amplify Your Productivity with Gianluca Mauro


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