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47 techniques for the four-session AI Essentials for Managers cohort. Start with five beginner methods, practise using the five-part SerineIQ prompt format, and explore advanced methods only when ready. Use fictional or authorised data.

START HERE · LEARNER QUICK MANUAL

How to use this Explorer — 6 easy steps

A short guide for first-time learners of SerineIQ AI Essentials for Managers. No coding or paid AI subscription is required.

  1. Choose a technique. Start with the first five techniques or select a Session 1–4 practice pathway.
  2. Read its technique card. Notice what it does, when it is useful and the Watch out warning.
  3. Copy the complete prompt. Click Copy five-part practice prompt. The labels ROLE, TASK, CONTEXT, FORMAT and CONSTRAINTS are inside the prompt.
  4. Personalise and run it. Paste into your own ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude chat. Replace placeholders such as [PASTE FICTIONAL NOTES] with fictional or explicitly authorised data. Copying a prompt here does not run it.
  5. Check the result. Compare claims, names, dates, figures and citations with the original source; mark unknowns and obtain human approval before sharing workplace outputs.
  6. Practise more. Use the session quiz to test understanding and the five-part Prompt Coach to improve clarity. Deeper AI feedback is optional: copy its review request into your own AI tool.

Do not confuse these three ideas: A technique is a method (for example, zero-shot or few-shot); the prompt format is the five labelled SerineIQ fields; the five-step workflow is DEFINE → DIRECT → DEMONSTRATE → DOUBLE-CHECK → DEPLOY.

See and copy a complete five-part workplace example

A fictional Session 1 leadership-briefing practice prompt:

ROLE: I am an Operations Manager. Act as my careful workplace AI assistant.

TASK: Summarise the fictional weekly meeting notes for leadership.

CONTEXT: Use only these fictional notes: [PASTE FICTIONAL NOTES]. Audience: senior leadership.

FORMAT: Give a brief summary and an Action | Owner | Due | Evidence table.

CONSTRAINTS: Do not invent decisions, owners, deadlines, figures or approvals. Write "Not specified" for unknown details. Compare actions with the original notes; flag unsupported claims for human review before sharing.

Privacy and limits: Never put confidential customer, employee or business data into public AI tools without permission. The quiz gives practice feedback, not a qualification. The Prompt Coach uses a transparent browser-based checklist; it does not run the prompt, guarantee accuracy or send it to an AI service automatically.

START HERE · AI ESSENTIALS FOR MANAGERS · SESSION 1

Learn these first five prompting techniques

This is the technique sequence from our first-cohort Explorer: zero-shot, one-shot, few-shot, direct instruction, and role/persona. These are techniques, not the six prompt fields below.

Choose one technique, copy its fully labelled SerineIQ prompt, add only fictional practice data, check the output and try the next technique.

FIND A WORKPLACE PRACTICE PROMPT

What are you working on?

Choose a task from the four-session course to see relevant technique cards.

The SerineIQ five-step workflow

Prompt ingredients are part of DIRECT, not a substitute for checking and using the result responsibly.

1 DEFINE · what?2 DIRECT · how?3 DEMONSTRATE · show4 DOUBLE-CHECK · verify5 DEPLOY · approved use
SERINEIQ METHOD · THE LEARNING FRAMEWORK

Three different ideas — do not mix them up

1. Prompting technique means the method being practised: for example zero-shot, one-shot or few-shot. 2. SerineIQ five-part prompt format means the labelled structure inside the prompt itself. 3. Five-step AI workflow means the wider process from defining a task to approving the result.

The five SerineIQ prompt fields — always visible in the examples you copy
ROLE — who I amTASK — what to doCONTEXT — source and audienceFORMAT — output structureCONSTRAINTS — boundaries
DEFINE — specify objectiveDIRECT — write the five-part promptDEMONSTRATE — show expected outputDOUBLE-CHECK — verify evidenceDEPLOY — human-approved use

The Explorer teaches which technique to choose, when to use it and what to check. The separate SerineIQ PromptForge helps you assemble a finished structured prompt. They complement each other, but are not the same application.

FIRST COHORT · FOUR SESSIONS

Practise in the same order as your classes

The 47-technique catalogue is a reference library, not 47 compulsory lessons. Advanced techniques are optional extension work, not prerequisites for completing the course.

OPTIONAL FIRST-COHORT PRACTICE · NO PAID API REQUIRED

Practise, check, improve

These activities reinforce the four-session AI Essentials for Managers course. The quiz is an instant self-check. The prompt coach gives rule-based feedback here; for deeper AI feedback, copy a review request into your own ChatGPT or Gemini account.

PRACTICE 01 · INTERACTIVE QUIZ

Do you know the right technique?

Practice scores are not saved, reported or used for certification.

PRACTICE 02 · five-part PROMPT COACH

Improve your own prompt

Your prompt is checked in this browser tab; it is not submitted to a server by this practice coach.

See the difference: weak versus improved

Session 1 lesson: the weak sentence is only a teaching contrast. The improved prompt uses all five labelled SerineIQ fields.

Weak prompt
Write a weekly update.
Improved prompt

      
Explore all 47 techniques
S1 AI foundations · S2 Office Rescue · S3 source checking · S4 KPI capstone; advanced cards are optional.