How can you use Generative AI to create work documents?

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Are you slaving away for hours every week creating routine documents, from products requirements documents to marketing plans?

I felt like I was.

But then I figured out how to use Generative AI to create a first draft that got me past my “writers block” and into editing and reviewing.

You simply need to give your favorite AI tool (e.g. ChatGPT) 3 things. And then hit Go!

Let’s walk through the example of building a sales proposal.

(1) Upload past examples of the type of document you want to create.

Here is an example of past sales proposal that we’ll use for our example:

Upload examples of sales proposal

(2) Upload your scratch notes for what is different about the new document.

Instead of notes, I like to use meeting transcripts from Zoom, MS Teams, Google Meet or elsewhere

Upload scratch notes

(3) Upload anything else the AI needs to know to create the document.

To create a sales proposal, this might be your product catalog or capabilities.

Upload anything else the AI needs to know to create the document.

(4) Then simply explain what you want in the Chat prompt: 

Explain what you want in the Chat prompt

(5) Review the output

Here it is… It’s good first draft. It still needs some work.

Review the output

The AI is not good enough to create final documents; they still require work. However, in the worst case scenario, it provides ideas to copy/paste. In the best case scenario, it gives me a 75% complete document.

As always, be mindful to use your company’s internal AI chat tool. (Don’t have one? Get in touch.)

Have questions? Let’s connect on LinkedIn.