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Introduction and Check-in - 0:00 to 16:02
Student Sharing and Progress Updates - 16:02 to 37:32
Core Concept: Prompt Connoisseurship - 37:32 to 58:14
AI Style Exploration and Hands-on Practice - 58:14 to 1:16:48
Reflection and AI Integration Exercise - 1:16:48 to 1:23:17
Class Wrap-up and Next Steps - 1:23:17 to 1:29:27
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Introduction and Check-in - 0:00 to 16:02
Michael opens the class by reinforcing the core goal of helping students become "prompt leaders" - experts who convert their knowledge into valuable prompts and data for newsletters, social media, and consulting. He reviews previous lessons about transforming existing frameworks into visuals and prompts, emphasizing the opportunity to be first-to-market with prompt versions of known concepts. The session includes a check-in where students share their progress on posting content from previous assignments. Michael creates space for both those who posted successfully and those who encountered barriers, gathering feedback on challenges like positioning uncertainty, platform selection, and topic indecision. He emphasizes that the hardest part for most people is overcoming psychological barriers to publishing, not technical skills.
Student Sharing and Progress Updates - 16:02 to 37:32
This segment features detailed sharing from several students about their progress and challenges. Janet discusses her human-centered approach to AI education, positioning herself as someone who helps others learn to communicate with AI while maintaining human connections. Bonnie shares her systematic approach to developing visual style, including research into the seven elements of design (line, texture, contrast, etc.) and her iterative process of testing different visual combinations. Una reveals her 3,000-word article that she hasn't posted yet, explaining her preference for video-first content creation and her workflow for repurposing content across multiple formats. Michael provides encouragement and practical advice, emphasizing the importance of finding comfortable spaces to experiment with publishing and taking "practice reps" rather than aiming for perfection.
Core Concept: Prompt Connoisseurship - 37:32 to 58:14
Michael introduces the central concept of "connoisseurship" as the missing step in thought leadership - the systematic development of refined taste and aesthetic judgment. He uses examples from Steve Jobs (exposing yourself to the best human creations), Rick Rubin (confidence in taste and decisive judgment), and wine experts to illustrate how connoisseurship works across domains. He defines connoisseurship as consuming content not just to apply learning, but to understand craftsmanship, resonance, and results to become a better creator. This involves three components: refining personal taste (internal clarity on preferences), modeling what works (external analysis of engagement and resonance), and appreciating craft (understanding how things are made). Michael explains how this translates to hundreds of micro-decisions in content creation, and how developing refined taste makes these decisions more automatic and powerful.
AI Style Exploration and Hands-on Practice - 58:14 to 1:16:48
The session transitions into practical application, with Michael demonstrating how AI can accelerate the connoisseurship process. He shows students various visual styles applied to the same image concept, encouraging them to identify preferences and understand why certain styles resonate. Students engage in real-time exercises, exploring style combinations like "brutalism plus oil painting" and experimenting with personalized AI prompts that analyze their individual content and suggest appropriate visual styles. Several students share impressive results, including Chris's watercolor wash integration with sound waves, Leandra's "Futurist intimacy collage" style, and Vikram's "art of the broken phone" combining engineering clarity with emotional depth. Michael demonstrates how to deconstruct visual elements (medium, typography, background, lighting) and use AI to generate variations, treating creativity as exploration of multi-dimensional possibility spaces.
Reflection and AI Integration Exercise - 1:16:48 to 1:23:17
Michael guides students through a structured reflection exercise using voice-to-text tools like Whisper Flow, encouraging them to verbalize their thoughts about the session's learnings and implications for their work. He emphasizes this serves dual purposes: personal reflection and creating "synthetic data" to feed back into AI systems for enhanced personalization. Students then share their reflections with AI to receive additional insights and step-by-step plans. The exercise demonstrates how journaling and AI interaction can create feedback loops for continuous learning. Several students report breakthrough insights, with Bonnie receiving a systematic plan for visual style development and others gaining expanded perspectives on creative possibilities. The reflection process reveals themes around taste as foundation for creation, experience design, and the transformative potential of AI-assisted creativity.
Class Wrap-up and Next Steps - 1:23:17 to 1:29:27
Michael concludes by connecting the visual exploration work to broader creative frameworks, introducing his "battleship board" metaphor for viewing creative work as navigation through multi-dimensional possibility spaces. He previews the next class, which will apply similar connoisseurship principles to text and content formats rather than just visuals. Students are challenged to create reusable prompts that capture the session's key learnings, turning insights into practical tools. Michael emphasizes the collaborative, experimental nature of the learning environment, noting how AI integration creates new possibilities for creative education. He encourages students to "throw their hat over the wall" by taking action and sharing their work, whether through blogs, social media, or one-on-one conversations, emphasizing that implementation and consistent sharing matter more than perfection.
Chat Transcript
00:03:32 Jonathan Hughes: Happy Prompting Monday all.
00:03:51 Dani Trusca: Hi everyone
00:04:16 Janet Ridsdale: Morning everyone
00:05:06 Steve Morris: Good morning!
00:05:40 Gabriel Garcia: Good morning!
00:05:49 Leandra: Good morning, everyone!
00:05:53 faythebuchanan: Good afternoon!
00:06:04 M Taylor: Good morning
00:06:13 Marcin Podolski: Hi AI Thought Leaders
00:06:20 Anna Gibson: good to see you gyys!
00:06:22 Anna Gibson: morning!
00:07:21 Janet Ridsdale: Yes
00:07:22 Leandra: yup
00:07:24 Bonnie J.: yes
00:08:18 Michael Simmons: https://blockbuster.thoughtleader.school/p/the-prompt-leadership-revolution
00:09:41 Janet Ridsdale: Baby steps :-)
00:09:45 Exo: What do you think about the criticism, "Your thought leader posts seem AI generated?" (Of course they were!)
00:09:46 Janet Ridsdale: https://substack.com/@jrnowwhat/note/c-122054772?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=4a721
00:09:53 Dani Trusca: Artifacts for ChatGPT (I created Claude's artifact system in ChatGPT):
00:09:56 Stephen Hendricks: Indecision on Topic.
00:10:08 Leandra: I missed this class and didn’t get a chance to watch the class until late last night. I’ve been setting up my substack and intend to today.
00:10:14 Zain Haseeb: Put out my first Substack post: https://straitegyhub.substack.com/p/fix-robotic-ai-writing
00:10:15 Gabriel Garcia: Same reason. I decided about a topic this morning.
00:10:25 Kevin Whitcher: I posted but finding my Notes on Substack is a nightmare
00:10:46 Dani Trusca: Conversation between ChatGPT and Claude:
00:10:51 Michael Glenn: I posted this on LinkedIn and it was really fun to create and to post
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/the-michael-glenn_ai-thoughtleadership-secondbrain-activity-7333534757076537347-Udrm?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAACbs8TAB5-je-XQ2H-RaRnMyi92frP22k_E
00:10:54 Steve Morris: Actions taken: trying to catch up with class content and get organized.
Next required action: Map out strategy, including paid options
00:11:00 Anna Gibson: I didn't post because i missed the class, and wanted to wait on my first thought leadership article, I tried to do it via claude first and it didn't make an image correctly so i switched to chat gpt and made some interesting stuff. I'll show all of them when my article is done.
00:11:09 Bonnie J.: I’m wanting to create a visual style that is a little more original because my audience is focused on the copyright issues around AI. I did a deep dive on the elements of visual style and am having a conversation with Claude about coming up with one that will fit with the personality I want to project with the newsletter.
00:11:17 Jonathan Hughes: What held me back is that there is no identifiable person in my space (nervous system regulation) who is famous enough that people would see the picture and say, oh that is 'so and so'. That being said the book cover might be enough to override this. I think the purpose of this was to in a way, borrow authority from the person who made the framework. I think it would be most helpful if people would recognize the person (such as Simon Sinek).
00:11:27 Kevin Whitcher: https://substack.com/@thequantummiracle/note/c-120617236
00:12:01 Stanley Wilson: I did not post. I am still determining my direction. I did however try an avatar app and search for videos that I felt reflected my current state of mind.
00:12:13 Dani Trusca: Project AI Prompts Library, a system for organizing prompts:
00:13:10 Clyde Johnson: Sorry missed the class last week so will catch up with it after this lesson
00:13:48 Michael Glenn: That sounds cool, like use AI to discover the visual style that matches your own voice
00:14:12 Dani Trusca: Announced a more focused new Substack called AI Prompt Design Mastery, in parallel to my personal Substack, Beautify:
00:14:21 Jonathan Hughes: Replying to "I posted but finding..."
I fully agree! Posts are easy but Notes....grrr
00:15:28 Anna Gibson: I've been publishing for a while, my issue is slowing down to make higher quality articles. I'm finding the bottle neck is me wanting to publish and get it over with and now i'm slowing down and focusing on quality.
00:16:01 Kevin Whitcher: Consistency is the key to progress, no doubt
00:16:08 Bonnie J.: A worksheet with prompts: https://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/visual-elements/visual-elements-worksheets.pdf
An article about the 7 elements: https://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/visual-elements/visual-elements.html#:~:text=The%20Visual%20Elements%20are%20Line,blocks%20of%20composition%20in%20art
An article about defining your style and brand: https://forty8creates.com/defining-your-visual-style-brand-guideline-elements/
00:16:37 Michael Glenn: Replying to "A worksheet with p..."
Love this, thank you Bonnie
00:16:37 Leandra: Replying to "What held me back is..."
Gabor Maté? Bessel Van Der Kolk?
00:16:40 Exo: definitely resonates - just taking practice reps
00:16:59 Leandra: I think I might use Threads for these practice posts
00:17:00 Bonnie J.: Replying to "What held me back is..."
Irene Lyon? Steven Porges?
00:17:14 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): I’ve done 2 notes/LI posts now - I’ve realised that I want to create a video for the 3k newsletter. Thinking of getting Claude to give me video notes that I talk through and then have that transcript turned into the newsletter.
00:17:23 Michael Glenn: Replying to "I think I might us..."
That's a good idea
00:18:01 Jonathan Hughes: Replying to "What held me back is..."
Perhaps. Hmmm. I definitely read with all of these - perhaps I am thinking too small and not giving enough credit to my niche. Peter Levine as well.
00:18:03 Zain Haseeb: Replying to "Announced a more foc..."
Very cool, would love to connect with you offline and exchange ideas
00:18:24 Leandra: Replying to "What held me back is..."
Absolutely Peter Levine!
00:18:36 Jonathan Hughes: https://substack.com/profile/8475025-jonathan-hughes/note/c-122223366 Latest Note
00:18:42 Michael Glenn: Sometimes maybe we worry that "I just wrote this one really great piece... but what if I can't write another one?"
00:18:45 Leandra: Replying to "What held me back is..."
People in adjacent fields know that name
00:19:05 Stanley Wilson: Yes. My place of choice is linkedIn. I started posting videos shorts. I have to now get comfortable with prompts and other post.
00:19:21 Kevin Whitcher: Replying to "What held me back is..."
Just ask ChatGPT!
00:19:36 Dani Trusca: Replying to "Announced a more foc..."
Sounds great
00:19:51 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Post 2 - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/unadoyle_smebusinessowner-leadership-teambuilding-activity-7335199274172919808-Ietj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAABl6oBOYlraJ2Q_SbVIiI92Nnk86MkvGg
00:19:52 Michael Simmons: https://fivehourrule.com/
00:19:54 Leandra: Replying to "A worksheet with pro..."
Thank you for sharing this Bonnie
00:20:06 Bonnie J.: Replying to "A worksheet with pro..."
You’re welcome, Leandra! 🙂
00:20:29 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Post 1 - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/unadoyle_smallbusinessgrowth-leadership-teamefficiency-activity-7333496222030159873-GMnW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAABl6oBOYlraJ2Q_SbVIiI92Nnk86MkvGg
00:20:37 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): My substack is @unadoyle
00:20:52 Kevin Whitcher: Replying to "What held me back is..."
Give me the names of the 10 most well-known figures that talk about nervous system regulation?
00:22:04 Michael Glenn: Replying to "A worksheet with p..."
Your third link just took me to my Gmail? Not sure why
00:22:33 Bonnie J.: Replying to "A worksheet with pro..."
Oops, sorry about that. Does this work? https://forty8creates.com/defining-your-visual-style-brand-guideline-elements/
00:22:56 Michael Glenn: Replying to "A worksheet with p..."
Perfect! Thank you Bonnie
00:23:01 Jonathan Hughes: Replying to "What held me back is..."
ChatGPT added Dan Siegel, Deb Dana, and Richard Schwartz. All good ideas. Thank you.
00:23:11 Bonnie J.: Replying to "A worksheet with pro..."
You’re welcome, Michael!
00:24:52 Jonathan Hughes: I like how Dan Koe's notes often have this black background (perhaps from his Kortex app?) that makes his notes standout. I know when we 'restack' on substack we can choose a background, but not when writing the original note.
00:25:00 Leandra: For years, I’ve been saying “taste is a talent.”
00:25:13 Shivam Rastogi: Hello! Where can I find this recording to watch later?
00:25:42 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Replying to "Hello! Where can I f..."
It will be emailed to you
00:25:54 Malliha: yes
00:27:00 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Resident Alien! 😂
00:27:07 Michael Glenn: Replying to "Resident Alien! �..."
Dude
00:27:22 Michael Glenn: Replying to "Resident Alien! �..."
They're doing a 4th season
00:27:26 faythebuchanan: Tate must be related to intuition? Neither are necessarily based on logic.
00:27:51 Michael Glenn: I like that definition
00:28:52 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Replying to "Resident Alien! 😂"
Oh wow, we only have 2 seasons here in the UK I think? Maybe it’s 3… We’ve just started the 2nd one.
00:29:40 faythebuchanan: Replying to "Tate must be related..."
Taste, not tate!
00:29:41 Michael Glenn: Replying to "Resident Alien! �..."
They've produced three seasons but then there was a break for some reason. But I've heard a differnet network is picking it up for 1 or maybe 2 more seasons. I hope that's true because I absolutely love it!
00:30:49 Kevin Whitcher: Brutalist
00:30:50 Gabriel Garcia: Hyperrealism/
00:30:51 Vikram K: Hyperrealism
00:30:53 Michael Glenn: Black and white cause it feels old school
00:30:55 Bonnie J.: Isometric worlds
00:30:57 Shannon: hyperrealism
00:30:58 Jonathan Hughes: oil painting - creepy!
00:30:59 Mark Brown: brutalist
00:31:01 Anna Gibson: Oil painting, it's clean and classic
00:31:05 Rad Co (@radrad): I enjoy the Brutalist UI and Kawaii
00:31:09 M Taylor: oil painting. reminds me of books i’d like to learn from as a kid
00:31:11 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Cyberpunk - bright - the others are quite muted
00:31:12 Kevin Whitcher: I like the cleanliness of Brutalism
00:31:14 faythebuchanan: Hyperrealism and Oil Painting
00:31:16 Bonnie J.: And fairytale — I like the softness and how it reminds me of reading books as a kid
00:31:22 Marcin Podolski: I like cyberpunk
00:31:23 Dani Trusca: The Blueprint for me. Connects with models thinking, getting to the essence of things.
00:31:25 Gabriel Garcia: Hyperrealism: The aspect of it being real, it feels closer.
00:31:26 Leandra: Cyberpunk. Feels Bladerunner-esque and dark
00:31:31 Stanley Wilson: Hyperrealism. The distinct contrast of styles.
00:31:33 Mark Brown: seems to simplify the message. brutalist
00:31:34 Rad Co (@radrad): Brutaslist UI feels minimal and solid. the Cute Mascot / Kawaii. love the softness and scheme.
00:31:34 Clyde Johnson: Pixar - like the animations
00:31:40 Shannon: My eye is attracted to the facial features
00:31:43 Bonnie J.: And isometric worlds looks clean and simpler in a way that I can’t quite articulate
00:31:47 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): I like Pixar too
00:32:02 Abraham Marcus: Hyperrealism - the strongest feeling of a person behind the post
00:32:08 Leandra: Replying to "And isometric worlds..."
Right!
00:32:23 Leandra: Replying to "And isometric worlds..."
I think the unexpected angle too. Everything else is straight ahead.
00:32:54 Stephen Hendricks: Ghibli. Familiar. Feels friendly.
00:33:43 Kevin Whitcher: Combine… 2 styles??? Confused
00:33:46 M Taylor: take the oil painting, color for featured things, the remainder in black and white
00:33:47 Rad Co (@radrad): I’d mix up the cute m ascot with brutalist UI and add in isometric worlds just to make things a little more interesting hehe
00:33:51 faythebuchanan: That image is so static, there is more similarity than difference between them, to me.
00:34:12 Leandra: cyberpunk in the line drawing style of blueprint actually seems like a cool mix I’d like to try. Or cyberpunk and pixar.
00:34:21 Clyde Johnson: Maybe I like to simplify further use line drawing / stick characters
00:34:22 Dani Trusca: I'd experiment with combinations of styles.
00:34:41 Anna Gibson: Damn never even considered blending the two
00:34:45 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): What do you do when you’ve exceeded the length limit of a chat in Claude? Do you have to export all the artefacts and put them in the next chat, or will it remember?
00:34:48 faythebuchanan: None of them really appeal to me. Hmmm
00:34:48 Anna Gibson: probably oil painting and isometric wrlds
00:34:48 Marcin Podolski: Creative combination by bisociation
00:34:51 Leandra: Replying to "I'd experiment with ..."
Same. I don’t think any of these exactly match the my aesthetic.
00:34:53 Kevin Whitcher: Ok, Brutalism plus oil painting
00:34:53 Stanley Wilson: Brutalist and hyperrealism
00:35:03 Stephen Hendricks: I would use the different images for different target audiences.
00:35:37 Shannon: I’d start with I see as opposites - hyperrealism & brutalist UI and iterate from there
00:36:08 Michael Simmons: Given everything you know about me, but excluding my posts from the past two days, what styles would you recommend I create cover images for my articles in?
00:36:13 Anna Gibson: Dave Maeir has a good gpt for images
00:36:16 Dani Trusca: I love Escher! I like drawing impossible geometries.
00:36:16 Kevin Whitcher: Can we upload style examples to ChatGPT???
00:36:19 Anna Gibson: Lens gen GPT
00:36:24 Leandra: Yes
00:37:12 Michael Simmons: https://www.icloud.com/keynote/048zmZwv1yGkJnfAF51vo5vyA#6-Figure_Prompt_Newsletter_-_Course_1
00:37:15 Michael Simmons: Slide 266
00:37:20 Bonnie J.: ChatGPT is suggesting different styles for different projects. 🙂
00:37:28 Anna Gibson: woah very insightful
00:38:13 Anna Gibson: https://chatgpt.com/share/683dc462-d1f4-8008-8a36-2625f8e93884
00:38:19 Rad Co (@radrad): This is what I got:
Type-Led & Minimalist with Strategic Color Use
Why: You love typography and storytelling. Let strong type choices and short, punchy titles carry the visual weight. Think Hoefler meets brutalist design.
Look: Bold sans-serif headlines, lots of white space, a single red or black accent.
Conceptual Symbolism (Visual Metaphors)
Look: Isolated objects (e.g., a cracked light bulb, a paper boat on fire) with a short cryptic caption. Think like a visual haiku.
Grid-Based Retro-Tech Aesthetic
Look: Think Vaporwave x MIT lecture slides. Clean, modular, slightly nerdy—but cool.
Mixed-Media / Hand-Made Layering
Look: Mix Helvetica with hand-painted brush strokes. Use archival imagery, torn edges, or baybayin as background textures.
AI-Enhanced Glitch Editorial
Look: Text-to-image with poetic prompts like: “a cracked statue whispering in binary.” Overlay titles like they’re from a noir zine.
00:39:25 Kevin Whitcher: https://scalewithai.gumroad.com/l/LIGGPT
?????
00:40:00 Shannon: Awesome Anna!!
00:41:11 Zain Haseeb: Replying to "Lens gen GPT"
What was his substack called? sounded interesting
00:41:22 Rad Co (@radrad): Jack Butcher’s Visualize Value is also another one..
00:41:35 Dani Trusca: The suggestions I got:
00:41:42 Anna Gibson: FOUND IT https://focusfuel.email/ this is Dave's substack lemme put in the GPT
00:42:20 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): The sampling bias stands out because it’s clear with big words
00:42:20 M Taylor: lol. I like the contrast in Hanlon’s Razor
00:42:35 Kevin Whitcher: Tragedy of the commons for me
00:42:43 Anna Gibson: okay this is where you get his Image generation GPT
00:42:43 Anna Gibson: https://scalewithai.email/p/revolutionising-visual-storytelling
00:42:45 Dani Trusca: A powerful use I see: personal brand image, by having a consistent visual style
00:42:46 Leandra: Replying to "Tragedy of the commo..."
same
00:42:48 Clyde Johnson: Great visualisation / explainer
00:43:54 Anna Gibson: oh question! um so as i'm sure you've found chatgpt can sometimes misspell the actual words in an image. How do you avoid that from happening?
00:45:25 Michael Simmons: https://x.com/sketchplanator/status/1793266823229489177
00:45:31 Michael Simmons: https://x.com/sketchplanator/status/1409175698166763528
00:45:38 Michael Simmons: https://x.com/sketchplanator/status/1634954258281033728
00:45:43 Michael Simmons: https://x.com/sketchplanator/status/1554815607849238528
00:45:47 Michael Simmons: https://x.com/sketchplanator/status/1526911747587813377
00:45:53 Michael Simmons: https://x.com/sketchplanator/status/1832758312489619729
00:47:00 Kevin Whitcher: Create a cartoon that explains the dunning-Kruger effect in the style of the attached image that has two characters in it and customize the style to match what you know about me.
00:47:07 Janet Ridsdale: Sorry I had to sort soemthing. Coul;d I have lin please?
00:47:20 Janet Ridsdale: *link
00:48:51 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun 2, 2025, 11_43_33 AM.png"
This is great
00:49:16 Chris: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun 2, 2025, 11_43_33 AM.png"
Thanks! I’d been playing with an image this morning add just added “water color wash”
00:51:07 Kevin Whitcher: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun 2, 2025, 04_46_10 PM.png"
Prompt - Create a cartoon that explains the infinite possibilities of the quantum field in the style of the attached image that has two characters in it and customize the style to match what you know about me.
00:53:19 Kevin Whitcher: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun 2, 2025, 04_46_10 PM.png"
Strange synchronicity that one of my figures resembles Chris!
00:53:39 Malliha: Replying to "Screenshot2025_06_02_094724.jpg"
This is amazing!
00:53:46 Anna Gibson: Replying to "Screenshot2025_06_02_094724.jpg"
This is perfect
00:54:08 Vikram K: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun ..."
Is the instrument a Harmonium Chris?
00:54:27 Chris: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun 2, 2025, 11_43_33 AM.png"
This is a Shruti box (like a harmonium, but without the keyboard)
00:54:33 Marcin Podolski: Awesome Chris
00:55:21 Anna Gibson: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Lowest performer.png"
I LOVE THIS AND IT'S SO TRUE.
00:55:29 Anna Gibson: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Lowest performer.png"
lol they look so disappointed lol
00:55:40 Leandra: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Lowest performer.png"
Yes they do
00:56:01 Leandra: Make it 3D
00:56:05 Anna Gibson: the dress of the person, the background, the lighting
00:56:18 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Replying to "ChatGPT Image Lowest performer.png"
I’ve already done the post with a pic of me but I’ll evergreen it and add this in…
00:56:35 Stanley Wilson: Background, text, color, context
00:56:36 Kevin Whitcher: Colours, typeface, background / tack on familiar image as a pattern interrupt
00:56:50 Mark Brown: Shadowing
00:56:51 Rad Co (@radrad): Text Style —lettering style
00:57:02 Clyde Johnson: Different styles of pictures of me ... with speech bubble / thinking cloud
00:57:07 Anna Gibson: spraypaint
00:57:25 Leandra: Replying to "spraypaint"
Love that!
00:57:26 Marcin Podolski: Style, background, fonts,
00:57:29 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): I love the idea of having some characters - me and some variety of business owners and their teams. But the challenge is that ChatGPT doesn’t create images like that - or is there a way I don’t know?
00:57:30 Leandra: Graffiti style
00:57:51 Leandra: Mural
00:59:41 Dani Trusca: I asked ChatGPT:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mvHXLY-ox09zqm8td09wfjoadFJsiZOQEDUQBleHeO4/edit?usp=sharing
00:59:55 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun 2, 2025, 09_24_53 PM.png"
Oooh this is intriguing!
00:59:58 Leandra: Etch a sketch!!!!
01:00:13 Vikram K: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun ..."
Art of the Broken Whole
01:00:13 Rad Co (@radrad): yeah I just did. 😊
01:00:14 Anna Gibson: I have a question about Linkedin. LinkedIn has the ability to detect AI images and suppresses them. How do we get around that?
01:00:14 Marcin Podolski: Customer Success Story Explained in A Banksy Mural Way
01:00:29 Leandra: This chatgpt output! These are great examples
01:00:35 Anna Gibson: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun 2, 2025, 09_24_53 PM.png"
That's beautiful
01:00:36 Rad Co (@radrad): I used the prompts that chatGPT gave and told it to create an image based on a quote. 😊
01:00:37 Chris Brunstetter: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
Are they suppressing them or just tagging them?
01:00:47 Anna Gibson: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
algorithm is suppressing them for sure
01:00:56 Michael Simmons: https://chatgpt.com/share/683dc9b9-d0d4-8012-b507-5b95f40ec711
01:01:00 Anna Gibson: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
it's a thing that's people have been talking about for a minute
01:01:21 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Replying to "I have a question ab..."
Ah…
01:01:43 Anna Gibson: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
You generally get far less impressions if you share links because they don't want you leaving the platform and AI pictures because they want authentic illustrations.
01:01:59 Chris Brunstetter: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
Funny that they are suppressing AI images while promoting AI use in other areas
01:02:00 Leandra: AI-enhanced glitch editorial
01:02:03 Leandra: Love it
01:02:06 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Replying to "Screenshot2025_06_02_235542.jpg"
Very Dr. Who
01:02:09 Chris Brunstetter: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
Comments, etc
01:02:29 Anna Gibson: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
exactly you can apparently talk about ai but images are a no go they're particularly cracking down on AI generated headshots for some reason
01:02:35 Rad Co (@radrad): oh sure it’s https://radrad.co
01:02:45 Anna Gibson: Replying to "Screenshot2025_06_02_235542.jpg"
Def reminds me of doctor who
01:03:04 Chris Brunstetter: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
That sounds like a way to try and curb fake profiles
01:03:15 Rad Co (@radrad): It’s surprising how AI can come up with these things
01:03:20 Kevin Whitcher: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
LinkedIn is becoming like instagram - promote personal photos
01:03:47 Chris Brunstetter: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
Feels like LinkedIn doesn’t even know what it wants to be.
01:03:51 Shannon: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
Before uploading the image I screenshot it then upload b/c the image won’t be detected
01:04:07 Anna Gibson: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
that's a great work around
01:04:39 Shannon: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
So far working for me & my clients
01:04:47 Anna Gibson: Replying to "I have a question ab..."
awesome!
01:04:55 Rad Co (@radrad): Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun 2, 2025, 09_24_53 PM.png"
this feels like the japanese bowls? one they line with gold 🙂 awesome!
01:05:09 Leandra: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun 2, 2025, 09_24_53 PM.png"
Yes! I was trying to remember the name
01:05:24 Leandra: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun 2, 2025, 09_24_53 PM.png"
kintsugi
01:06:31 Karen Zanetti: There is less gold as seen on the right when we see the left where the gold is now embedded in tech. Does this say something about what tech is doing?
01:09:07 Vikram K: Replying to "ChatGPT Image Jun ..."
You are right @Rad Co (@radrad) & @Leandra , "Wabi-sabi metaphors — cracked surfaces stitched with gold (kintsugi)"
01:10:12 Chris: This is good timing since I’m building a website right now, and this includes rolling out new services I offer.
I hadn’t thought much about AI’s potential for developing a visual style. But it’s improved so much since the last time I used it, I can see the potential.
01:10:36 Kevin Whitcher: Using dictation on word - weird how it does not have ChatGPT in its vocabulary!
01:11:45 Anna Gibson: hell yeah i journal in Kortex so that's useful to feed my journal in there
01:13:57 Stanley Wilson: I am seeing things, Some of it is really thought-provoking and edgy, and so I need to do or actually create more of that, so that way it's engaging and it's really different, some of it is in-depth and has dimension to it, I guess some of the things I would have not thought of on my own. So definitely I have to work on that to add much more interesting concepts to my posts and prompts. All right. Great. Thank you. GPT response: You’re absolutely on the right track, Stanley. The edge is where the energy is. When your concepts carry depth, contrast, and unexpected connections, people stop scrolling—and start thinking. That’s how real thought leadership gets forged: not from more content, but sharper content that creates cognitive friction
01:14:00 Leandra: Replying to "hell yeah i journal ..."
Never heard of this one before. Endless amount of tools out here.
01:14:25 Vikram K: Replying to "There is less gol..."
Interesting observation @Karen Zanetti , i had not noticed that and am curious if its intentional from AI and what it means.
01:15:12 Leandra: As much as I’ve been thinking about my newsletter, I hadn’t at all thought anything about the visual element past the style of the newsletter, so this has been great for me to think about and explore. It’s such a visual culture, it’s necessary.
01:15:17 Marcin Podolski: Replying to "I am seeing things, ..."
I.like "cognitive friction"
01:15:23 Rad Co (@radrad): I'm running out of excuses to not create. AI is making it so easy to make things. And it really is about taking action. I used to be so in my head overanalyzing everything at AI, but this course is showing me that all I need to do is just take action.
01:15:25 Kevin Whitcher: Anything is like a car engine - you take it apart and have all the elements - however, unlike a car engine - you can put them back together in any way and it will still work. Quantum-like number of possibilities.
01:15:27 Kristin van Tilburg: AI enhances my experience of my own wholeness by assisting me to see connections that I had not seen for myself.
01:15:27 Chris: I’m usually alone when interacting with AI, so it’s really interesting and stimulating to see what others are doing.
01:15:37 Rad Co (@radrad): And it feels like I'm just at the tip of the iceberg.
01:15:38 Bonnie J.: ChatGPT gave me a step by step plan for further developing a visual style for each of my project areas. 🙂
01:15:47 faythebuchanan: There are frameworks/images I often share in coaching and I will ask ChatGPT to design images for these.
01:15:52 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): I have typically used some great Canva templates personalised to my brand I purchased or images of me as visuals. It’s interesting to think about a more concrete visual style going forward.
As I said, I’d love to create characters but ChatGPT doesn’t stick to the same images so not sure how that would work?
01:16:09 Clyde Johnson: I'm loving the idea in creating story boards rather than dry articles
01:17:22 Shannon: 1. Taste as the Foundation for Creation
Today’s class highlighted the importance of taste—a cultivated sense of what resonates. Michael’s reference to Rick Rubin stood out: you don’t need to be a technical expert in every aspect of creation, but you do need to know what you like and what you don’t. That decisiveness is a creative superpower.
I recognized that I already possess this. I’ve been a connoisseur of visuals for a long time. I know what makes something “feel right.” The invitation now is to trust that. To let taste lead.
2. Intuition Isn’t a Luxury—It’s a Compass
01:17:39 Dani Trusca: I have two uses I'm particularly interested in: experience design (a discipline I'm creating) and mementos (reminders of what we already know but can't help forgetting).
I've decided to focus on the experience, for both myself and the observer, not on the style.
The style is in the service of the experience.
01:18:11 Anna Gibson: Man. I have to watch all these twice lol
01:18:34 Leandra: Bonnie, would you mind sharing that prompt? I know you have a lot of context in yours. I was trying to write it down but missed most of it.
01:18:53 Stephen Hendricks: Trying the different tools. Def a difference between Gemini and chatgpt. How is Adobe with this.
01:19:30 Leandra: Replying to "Trying the different..."
They all have such different personalities. It’s really like getting to know different people.
01:19:49 Bonnie J.: Una, with Midjourney you can give a reference image of a character and get pretty good character consistency.
01:19:58 Chris Brunstetter: I use Sora to remix prompts that produce outputs I like to maintain consistency in the images. For example, I’ve started sharing copywriting tips in the style of a classified document/manual.
01:20:04 Karen Zanetti: Replying to "There is less gold ..."
Share your website, and/or LinkedIn profile? What were you going for? What did you ask AI? I came in late and am multitasking.🧐 https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-zanetti-ocm
01:20:09 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Replying to "Una, with Midjourney..."
Oh interesting - I’ve never used it
01:20:12 Rad Co (@radrad): Normally, as a designer I’d feel threatened (and scared) about AI “taking over’ but, I see this as a way to combat the blank page..
01:20:18 Bonnie J.: Here’s the prompt, Leandra:
Hi! I'm in a class where we're trying to create our own unique visual style so we can build prompts for creating images to go with our content. The instructor asked us to reflect, journal style, on where we are with this process. Here is my reflection:
01:20:25 Chris Brunstetter: https://sora.chatgpt.com/g/gen_01jwadx4agfr2v9phnaf9vr600
01:20:29 Leandra: Replying to "Here’s the prompt, L..."
Thank you!
01:23:17 Leandra: That’s brilliant, @Dani Trusca
01:23:23 Exo: Pretty awesome
01:24:06 Marcin Podolski: Awesome @Dani Trusca
01:24:50 Mark Brown: Another great class Michael. So much to think about. I love it.
01:24:55 Marcin Podolski: @Dani Trusca can U share a link to your process to dive deeper?
01:25:11 Anna Gibson: Replying to "@Dani Trusca can U s..."
inrerested in this as well
01:25:38 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): ChatGPT is still creating different images for me. I like this one too…. I love modern style in decor and organisation but personally I wear vintage style. This might be a blend…
01:26:39 Leandra: 3 reflection prompts for next layer clarity:
What emotional shift do I want someone to feel when they see my visual covers before reading a single word?
If I had to distill my entire body of work into a visual metaphor, what would it be? (a portal? scaffolding? a neural garden?)
What’s the aesthetic signature I want to be known for—even if my name isn’t on it?
01:26:59 Bonnie J.: Replying to "3 reflection prompts..."
I love this, Leandra!
01:27:07 Jonathan Hughes: Replying to "3 reflection prompts..."
I really like #1
01:27:45 Una Doyle: Business Coach (Double Your Profits): Replying to "3 reflection prompts..."
Great Qs
01:27:48 Leandra: Replying to "3 reflection prompts..."
Really think these questions, especially #1, will be really helpful to get to a style that’s unique to us
01:29:16 Dani Trusca: Replying to "@Dani Trusca can U s..."
I'm going to write an article about it. Write now it's only in my PKM system.
In brief, I identified experience design as a fundamental skill underlying multiple disparate disciplines.
The game designer creates an experience by using the medium of games.
The musician using the medium of music.
The film director using the medium of film.
So on.
I'm formalizing experience design as a standalone skill, thus creating a new discipline.
01:29:30 Shannon: Replying to "3 reflection prompts..."
Not sure if anyone is using this app as a swipe file/second brain. Especially for visuals
Going to try this out
https://sublime.app
01:30:23 Sylvie van den Meerendonk | Purpose Day: Make a gpt for image gen
01:30:54 Marcin Podolski: Replying to "@Dani Trusca can U s..."
@Dani Trusca what does your PKM mean?
01:31:11 Dani Trusca: Replying to "@Dani Trusca can U s..."
@Marcin Podolski Personal Knowledge Management
01:31:25 Anna Gibson: Replying to "Make a gpt for image..."
already linked on above
01:31:38 Sylvie van den Meerendonk | Purpose Day: Not just a prompt but gpt that will generate certain style posts eg for weekly posts. Love this!
01:31:41 Kristin van Tilburg: Replying to "3 reflection prompts..."
Looks fascinating!
01:31:51 Chris: I just uploaded five images of art in my apartment to coach Chat GPT on my visual style and ask it to apply it to color settings on my website
01:32:16 Karen Zanetti: Replying to "@Dani Trusca can U s..."
@Dani Trusca Where can we see more of your journey?
01:32:28 Rad Co (@radrad): I enjoy our brain storming.
In the event that I would want to recreate the same vibe of this, the fruitfulness and the insights that you've provided.
What prompt will you give me so i can replicate this conversation?
You are my strategic creative provocateur. Your role is to extract the deepest, boldest, and most uniquely me expressions possible—visually, conceptually, emotionally. We are co-designing not just outputs, but a mindset.
For every concept, take the counter-intuitive route. Ask sharp questions that uncover hidden meaning. Push beyond clichés. Present 3 style explorations per idea—each radically different in tone, voice, and form.
Give me one-liner challenges. Demand I commit to execution. Assume I have elite taste and high expectations. No fluff. No holding back. We are building something unforgettable.”
01:32:31 Bonnie J.: Ooh, I can hardly wait to feed some images to that prompt!
01:32:33 Anna Gibson: Replying to "Make a gpt for image..."
01:32:49 Rad Co (@radrad): Did I get the exercise right?
01:33:06 Steve Morris: You are on mute Michael
01:33:19 Shannon: Michael your muted
01:33:29 Michael Simmons: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1unbY9wnzIPBLBMekwEj3F2KSSvzfuzXh5924RV1kyaE/edit?usp=sharing
01:34:14 Dani Trusca: Replying to "@Dani Trusca can U s..."
My old blog: https://danitrusca.wordpress.com/
My new blog:
https://danitrusca.substack.com/about
01:35:18 Leandra: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16kKB_bAtlM4JgAAN4RiKoJfrrOj-ePFjDam0tP48-DQ/edit?usp=sharing
01:35:28 Janet Ridsdale: Love it! Thanks Michael
01:35:53 Anna Gibson: Replying to "Not just a prompt bu..."
that IS a link to a place you can get the GPT
01:35:56 Abraham Marcus: Replying to "3 reflection prompts…"
Thank you.
01:35:58 Robert: This is first class for me here and loved it. How best to prep for next time?
01:35:59 Anna Gibson: Replying to "Not just a prompt bu..."
follow it and you'll see what i mean
01:36:03 Stephen Hendricks: Thanks
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