How to complete the 5 Whys with ChatGPT
The AI Powered Strategic Thinker 3: Using ChatGPT for Strategic Thinking
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First provide ChatGPT context to your problem with the following template.
Prompt: Act as the staff to [Organization Name]. Your job is to synthesize the following context to assist in performing a 5 whys. Context is in {}. If you understand your task, your only response is "…". {}
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Next, Use a reference to paste each 5 whys step into the ChatGPT prompt. I'm copying this from the kindle book AI-Powered Strategic Thinker, which has the steps already integrated with ChatGPT. (Link to Kindle book above)
Remember with each step you need to add some additional elements to the prompt for best results. 1. Act as the staff, 2. Add Step, 3. Add additional context, 4. Describe desired output.
Prompt: act as the staff Identify the problem or issue that needs to be explored.
Prompt: act as the staff List a group of 20 experts. Then have them form a small group or pair up with a partner.