Lesson 5 of 8 · Generative AI Foundations You Can Explain
In this lesson. Move from idea to usable draft in a fixed sequence.
What you will learn
- Inputs worth collecting first
- First pass versus revision
- When the draft is good enough to use
Walkthrough
You now have the pieces. This lesson stitches them: collect inputs, run the starter prompt, score the draft, revise once, then ship or park it. You will time-box each step so the workflow fits a real afternoon. The artifact is the sequence written on one page.
Work through the ideas in order. After each point, pause and connect it to a task you already do — a document, a workflow, or a feature you own. The goal of Generative AI Foundations You Can Explain is usable skill, not a pile of notes.
If something is unclear, rewrite it in your own words before you continue. Teaching the step back to yourself is the fastest way to see gaps.
Practice
Run the full sequence on a real email, summary, or outline and save the one-page workflow.
Keep the first attempt small. A finished example you can reuse beats a perfect plan you never run.
Check your understanding
- Can you explain the goal of this lesson in one sentence to a teammate?
- Where would you apply “Inputs worth collecting first” in your own work this week?
- What would you change on a second pass of the practice?
Next. Continue to the following lesson when the practice has a real artifact, even a rough one.