Liza Adams

Unlock Sharper Thinking with AI

Liza Adams · September 24, 2025 ·

Some worry AI will make us intellectually lazy. They’re right, but only if we let it.

Teams that push beyond the first AI answer are finding out they can ask more thoughtful questions (like the ones below) that expose blind spots:

➡ Based on our customer reviews and feedback, what problems are we claiming to solve that we’re actually not solving?

➡ What assumptions am I making about why our campaigns work that might be completely wrong?

➡ What would happen to our business if our biggest differentiator became table stakes next year?

These questions force you to test assumptions you didn’t even know you were making.

When you put AI outputs to the test and ask for reasons behind every recommendation, you develop stronger analytical skills than most traditional training provides.

Teams using AI as a thinking partner have become sharper decision-makers. The same discipline that improves their AI conversations changes how they approach everything from email subject lines to market expansion plans.

Tomorrow I’m sharing in my newsletter the complete three-level framework that shows you how to apply increasing levels of critical thinking with AI. Subscribe to the newsletter here to get it directly in your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eg48-RXp

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Sketch to Solutions: AI Collaboration for ChatGPT

Liza Adams · September 24, 2025 ·

Most people think messy sketches can’t become professional decision tools. I just turned chicken scratch into two polished guides for choosing between ChatGPT features.

I had to figure out a better way to frame and understand when to use ChatGPT Chats vs Projects vs Custom GPTs.

So I sketched my thoughts and started collaborating with AI (Claude) using plain English prompts. We went back and forth. I challenged assumptions. AI helped organize my thinking. We improved ideas together.

What came out of this were two decision tools, a process diagram and a comparison table. Some people learn better from visuals, others from structured data.

The key insight is that collaboration beats perfection.

I didn’t need to know exactly what I wanted upfront. I just needed to start somewhere and keep working at it. AI helped me get to something neither of us could have created alone.

When I asked for honest feedback on my approach, AI said it was effective. Maybe that’s just training to please, but the process insights feel worth sharing.

Don’t give up if your first AI interaction doesn’t hit the mark. Start messy. Sketch your thoughts. Use plain language. Keep working together.

The real value happens in the collaboration, not in having everything figured out from the start.

BTW, I tried this use case with Gemini and ChatGPT. But neither’s output was as good as Claude’s (yet).

In Thu’s newsletter this week, I’ll cover how to collaborate and push AI’s thinking. Subscribe using the link in the comments to get it directly in your inbox.

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Pavilion Women’s Summit: Spot Change, Stay Relevant

Liza Adams · September 24, 2025 ·

Come join us at Pavilion’s Women’s Summit, alongside fellow leaders like Kim Storin of Zoom, Casey Erickson of Captivate Talent, and Deirdre Hudson of YELL in Washington, D.C., on September 23.

I’ll be speaking on a panel session titled “Planning for Uncertainty: Ageism + Macro Economy + AI + Changing Workplace” with Shira Abel, Jennie Blumenthal, and Lindsey Katalan. Attendees can expect to learn:

How to spot change early so you can move before the market does.
Ways to stay relevant, especially when ageism or AI say otherwise.
Real stories and smart strategies from women who’ve made bold pivots.

What sets the Pavilion Women’s Summit apart is its exclusive community of executive-level GTM leaders, where the most accomplished women come together not just to network, but to actively support, challenge, and elevate one another in a space built on shared ambition, generosity, and the power of collective success.

Learn more and sign up (see link in the comments below).

Register here: https://www.joinpavilion.com/womens-summit?utm_campaign=5766660-2025%20Women%27s%20Summit&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_content=speaker%20toolkit

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Critical Thinking with AI: Frameworks for Students

Liza Adams · September 24, 2025 ·

Last week, I posted about my daughter using AI as a teammate, not a shortcut, as she heads to college. With boxes packed and CU-Boulder move-in happening tomorrow, I was hoping to create awareness about teaching kids responsible AI use.

Link to original post: https://lnkd.in/g3g82x92

The response surprised me: 552 likes and 174 comments with only a handful disagreeing.

My network skews toward people already using AI—leaders, marketers, and parents who follow the work I do helping teams work with AI teammates and use it responsibly. So this level of support likely reflects my network more than the general population.

But even accounting for that bias, parents shared stories of kids already using AI to build businesses and solve problems. Business leaders confirmed AI skills are becoming a hiring factor.

Most telling was what people asked for. Most of the skeptical comments weren’t “don’t do this.” They were “how do we avoid dependency?” and “how do we preserve critical thinking?”

The comments showed we’re in the “how do we” phase, not the “should we” phase. And that’s exactly where we need to work together.

Yesterday, my daughter and I sat down and discussed practical use cases for Google’s NotebookLM, Perplexity, ChatGPT’s deep research, agent, and study mode. She’s walking into a world where AI literacy will matter as much as any other core skill.

The 551 people who engaged reminded me that it takes a village to raise children. It’s going to take a village for all of us to learn how to use AI responsibly too.

The critical thinking concern keeps coming up, and it’s the right question. I’ll be sharing my thoughts on frameworks for that this week. My daughter certainly got a good dose of those frameworks yesterday 🙂

Our discussion focused on AI being only as good as the questions you ask. She learned how to give AI relevant context, guide its thinking, challenge its reasoning, check its work, and push for better logic. It’s about learning how to think with AI.

That’s what I’ll be sharing more of later this week: practical frameworks to teach critical thinking with AI, not in spite of it.

To all parents having that bittersweet moment of dropping off your child at college, you’re not alone. You’ve done well.