What I’ve been reading this week ending 29 June 2025
Prompt Engineering: Enhance AI Outputs with TCREI Simplified — Dr. Ayse Ozturk
“Task: Define what you want AI to do, including specifying a persona and desired output format.
Context: Provide relevant details that help AI generate more accurate and meaningful responses.
References: Give examples or benchmarks to guide AI’s response style and structure.
Evaluate: Review AI’s output to determine if it meets your needs.
Iterate: Refine and tweak your prompt to improve results.”
The argument is that you only really need to remember Task, Context, References. Evaluate and Iterate aren’t actually part of the prompt so much as obvious process steps.
“If you think curiosity without rigor is bad, you should see rigor without curiosity.”
Common MythConceptions: World’s Most Contagious Falsehoods
“Scientific proof
No such thing. Proof is incompatible with science which is, by its nature, provisional and self-correcting. Only Maths has proofs.”
The Power of Problem-Solving — Lean Enterprise Institute
“Leaders sometimes disrespect team [members] by not challenging them and giving them time to solve problems on their own…”
“Our processes determine the quality of our products. If we wish to improve our products, we must improve our processes; we must continually redesign not just our products but also the way we design.”
The Double Power Law: How American Innovation Really Works
“Universities generate possibility. Labs reduce risk. Markets deliver scale.”
Sarah McBride via What true political leadership looks like:
““You can’t compromise on civil rights” is a great tweet. But tell me: Which civil rights act delivered all progress and all civil rights for people of color in this country? The Civil Rights Act of 1957? The Civil Rights Act of 1960? The Civil Rights Act of 1964? The Voting Rights Act of 1965? The Civil Rights Act of 1968? Or any of the civil rights acts that have been passed since the 1960s? That movement was disciplined, it was strategic, it picked its battles, it picked its fights, and it compromised to move the ball forward. And right now, that compromise would be deemed unprincipled, weak, and throwing everyone under the bus.”
Think about this from the perspective of change strategy.
