Artificial intelligence has become a crucial tool for leaders. Today, it plays an essential role in management and productivity enhancement. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, shares his practical experiences with AI.
Nadella's AI Usage Secrets
Satya Nadella actively leverages GPT-5 in his work. He shares five key prompts he uses daily to structure his workflow:
- Anticipating meeting priorities: 'Based on my previous interactions with [person], give me 5 topics that will likely be at the center of our next meeting.' - Generating a clear progress report: 'Write a project update from emails, discussions, and meetings of series [X]: compare KPIs to objectives, list successes/failures, identify risks, competitor movements, and propose possible difficult questions with their answers.' - Assessing the probability of success for a launch: 'Are we on track for the launch of [Product] in November? Check the technical progress, pilot program results, and risks. Give me a probability of success.' - Auditing his time use: 'Analyze my agenda and emails from the last month and create 5 to 7 project categories I spent the most time on, with the percentage of time invested and a brief description.' - Efficiently preparing for a meeting: 'Analyze [this selected email] and prepare me for the next meeting of series [X], based on past discussions of the manager and the team.'
Other Leaders' Experiences with AI
Satya Nadella is not alone in utilizing AI for his work. Jensen Huang, head of Nvidia, admitted to using ChatGPT and Perplexity as a personal 'tutor.' He asks AI to explain complex topics step by step, starting from a child’s level. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, uses ChatGPT daily for filtering his emails and compressing his readings. He also noted that AI helped him better understand his role as a young father, distilling complex parental advice into simpler recommendations.
The Art of Creating Effective Prompts
While models like GPT-5 are becoming increasingly powerful, the art of prompting remains crucial. Anthropic highlights the 'golden rule of clarity': if your prompt confuses a human colleague, it will confuse AI as well. Simplicity, order, and precision are the best allies. It is also important to be willing to correct AI. Many add 'think step by step' in their instructions without checking if the machine truly follows that logic. Interacting with AI requires adjustments, reformulations, and challenges to improve the quality of dialogue.
Artificial intelligence has become a fundamental tool for contemporary leadership. The ability to effectively create prompts and utilize AI's capabilities helps leaders not only make decisions but also enhance organizational processes.
