Unless you've been living under a rock, and that rock had no internet or mobile phone service, and for some reason, you were trapped under said rock without friends or family to keep you informed of world events, you have likely heard of ChatGPT.
Just in case you have been under that rock, what is ChatGPT? ChatGPT is a language model developed by OpenAI, designed to respond to text-based queries and generate natural language responses.
It was released late last year to the public under version 3.5. Last week, version 4.0 was released, open to those who pay for the premium model. I took the plunge, and upgraded.
My first query to Ol' Chatty was to ask about leaders and how they achieve and demonstrate work-life balance. I posted the results to LinkedIn.
My second query was to summarize my four published books. In a remarkable 28 seconds, I received the following. (Note: the total word count of the books is approximately 275,000 words.)
Model: GPT-4
Summarize Dan Pontefract's four books, Flat Army, The Purpose Effect, Open to Think, and Lead. Care. Win. Put in a column format with three columns: book title, main points, analysis.
| Book Title | Main Points | Analysis |
| Flat Army | 1. Organizational culture shift to collaborative leadership. | Pontefract provides a roadmap for transforming organizations into more collaborative and engaged environments, leading to increased productivity and satisfaction. He emphasizes the importance of open communication and trust-building for fostering a cooperative culture. |
| 2. Connected leader attributes: being, knowing, doing. | ||
| 3. Pervasive Learning, Shared Leadership, and Connected Collaboration as core principles. | ||
| The Purpose Effect | 1. Purpose alignment: individual, role, and organization. | Pontefract demonstrates the power of purpose as a driving force for individuals and organizations, showing how a strong sense of purpose can lead to increased motivation, engagement, and overall success. He offers practical advice for aligning personal, role, and organizational purposes, which is essential for achieving meaningful work and sustainable results. |
| 2. Personal Declaration of Purpose (PDP) as a tool for self-reflection and goal-setting. | ||
| 3. Building a purpose-driven culture for better employee engagement and performance. | ||
| Open to Think | 1. The importance of balancing three types of thinking: Creative, Critical, and Applied. | Pontefract advocates for a more thoughtful approach to decision-making, urging individuals and organizations to value and balance different types of thinking. This allows for more informed, innovative, and effective solutions to problems. It also encourages a culture of continuous learning and improvement. |
| 2. Open Thinking as a combination of Dreaming, Deciding, and Doing. | ||
| 3. Strategies to overcome barriers to Open Thinking, such as multitasking, information overload, and confirmation bias. | ||
| Lead. Care. Win. | 1. Nine leadership lessons centered around empathy, humility, and caring. | In this book, Pontefract emphasizes the importance of compassionate and people-centric leadership. He provides actionable advice for leaders to develop a more human and empathetic approach to managing teams, which ultimately leads to better engagement, collaboration, and performance. |
| 2. The necessity of self-awareness and continuous personal development for effective leadership. | ||
| 3. Developing a culture of caring to drive sustainable success and well-being in the workplace. |
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Hey! Why not pre-order my next book, Work-Life Bloom: How to Nurture a Team That Flourishes, which will be published in October 2023.
Watch the one-minute book trailer below. Or, visit the book's microsite.
