You’re the expert. They’re not. Fix the gap.

Welcome to Prompt, Tinker, Innovate—my AI playground. Each edition gives you a hands-on experiment that turns AI into a thinking partner, helping you communicate smarter, move faster, and create with more strategic impact.

This week’s playground: Translate your work into business value

You know your work is valuable. But when you share it—a dense update, a technical report, a data-driven analysis—you’re met with blank stares, misaligned feedback, or polite nods that go nowhere.

This isn’t a content problem. It’s a translation problem.

When you know something deeply, it’s easy to forget what others don’t. That gap stalls momentum, hides real value, and kills buy-in. AI can close that gap—fast. Not by dumbing things down, but by reframing your expertise through the lens of what your audience actually cares about.

It’s not summarizing. It’s strategic translation.

• A data scientist reframes a model’s accuracy report into a clear case for customer retention.

• An engineer turns dense product updates into sharp sales enablement.

• A PM transforms a task-based report into a crisp risks-and-wins summary for leadership.

You’re moving from “here’s what I did” to “here’s why it matters—to you.”

Your AI experiment: Try this prompt

This week, we're going to turn your specialized knowledge into strategic insight that any stakeholder can understand and act on.

👉 Time to tinker:

1. Grab a piece of your work—a report, update, or dense internal document.

2. Drop this prompt into your favorite AI tool (like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini).

3. Swap in your audience and content.

📝 Prompt: "Act as a master communications strategist, skilled at translating complex work into clear, business-relevant messaging. I’ll give you a detailed report—your job is to reframe it so the value is obvious to my audience.

First, rewrite it into a high-level summary tailored for a [Primary audience, e.g., CEO, cross-functional lead]. No more than 2 short paragraphs. Make the strategic value clear and focused on the "so what?"

Then, create a bullet-point breakdown of key takeaways and recommended next steps for a [Secondary audience, e.g., Head of Finance, Sales Director].

Anticipate and address 2–3 key questions this audience might have, such as [Insert concerns: ROI, implementation, risk, etc.].

Your goal: Make the business value impossible to miss.

Here’s the report:"

[Paste or upload your full report here]

💡 Pro tip: Ask follow-ups to push the AI further and shape your message with more precision:

• “What are 5 skeptical questions a [CFO/Exec/Stakeholder] might ask about this?”

• “Rewrite this summary as if our company’s top goal is [e.g., increasing market share in Q4].”

• “Draft a tight, clear, and persuasive email communicating these findings to the [Audience].”

What did you discover?

What surprised you? Did the AI highlight an angle you hadn't considered? Did it help you land your point faster, clearer, or with more impact?