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Reclaiming Prompts

On the distinction between briefs and prompts.

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I want to reiterate the distinction between briefs and prompts.

Everything you type into a computer is a brief. It is an ask, a task—something you want someone (or something) else to do. You could do it yourself if you had the time, but anyone else could too.

Other questions are about leadership and creativity, and they call to our differing perspectives. They are subjective and intentionally open to interruption.

Briefs are about production, prompts are about creativity (what does it mean? what is there more to see?).

It is a tall order to recontextualize the word prompt in this day and age. I guess we could call it ‘prompts for people’, or ‘prompts for humans’. Or we can allow for a bit of confusion and discernment.

A new prompt workshop is starting on July 17th. The first one was 4 years ago, and I can’t be prouder of this facilitation and leadership tool.

You can see examples of prompts at creative-surplus.com and learn more about the workshop at in-process.net/prompt-workshop

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