Podcast · 48 episodes
Beyond The Prompt - How to use AI in your company
by Jeremy Utley & Henrik Werdelin · English
Beyond the Prompt dives deep into the world of AI and its expanding impact on business and daily work. Hosted by Jeremy Utley of Stanford's d.school, alongside Henrik Werdelin, an entrepreneur known for starting BarkBox, prehype and other startups, each episode features conversations with innovators and leaders to uncover pragmatic stories of how organizations leverage AI to accelerate success. Learn creative strategies and actionable tactics you can apply right away as AI capabilities advance exponentially.
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What Will You Do With the Time AI Gives Back to You? - with Alex Kuilman, Founder of The PracticeHow leaders should use AI to create more humanity, psychological safety, and “spaciousness,” rather than increasing “corporate numbing” and anxiety.30 Sep 2026 · 1 h 4 min
How Do You Run a Company When You Can’t See Six Months Ahead? - with Axios CEO Jim VandeHeiHow Axios CEO Jim VandeHei is using AI to run a media company amid rapid change, uncertainty about the next 6 months, and shifting media consumption toward social/LLMs.16 Sep 2026 · 1 h 2 min
From Knowledge Worker to Intelligence Worker: Why Human Judgment Matters More With AI - with OpenAI’s Brice ChallamelThe episode argues that AI shifts work from “knowledge work” (reading/writing information) to “intelligence work” (receiving an agentic “briefing” from Slack/email/docs and producing judgment-based…2 Sep 2026 · 1 h 13 min
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What Will You Do With the Time AI Gives Back to You? - with Alex Kuilman, Founder of The PracticeHow leaders should use AI to create more humanity, psychological safety, and “spaciousness,” rather than increasing “corporate numbing” and anxiety.30 Sep 2026 · 1 h 4 min · 25 chapters
How Do You Run a Company When You Can’t See Six Months Ahead? - with Axios CEO Jim VandeHeiHow Axios CEO Jim VandeHei is using AI to run a media company amid rapid change, uncertainty about the next 6 months, and shifting media consumption toward social/LLMs.16 Sep 2026 · 1 h 2 min · 22 chapters
From Knowledge Worker to Intelligence Worker: Why Human Judgment Matters More With AI - with OpenAI’s Brice ChallamelThe episode argues that AI shifts work from “knowledge work” (reading/writing information) to “intelligence work” (receiving an agentic “briefing” from Slack/email/docs and producing judgment-based…2 Sep 2026 · 1 h 13 min · 32 chapters
What Happens When AI Adoption Actually Works? - with Eric Porres, Chief AI Officer of LogitechHow Logitech drives effective AI adoption by embedding AI into workflows, closing the loop on projects, measuring outcomes, and scaling through “gems” (custom GPTs), champions, and required…19 Aug 2026 · 1 h 5 min · 26 chapters
Why Companies That Are Great at Innovation Still Fail - with Stanford Professor Charles O'ReillyWhy “innovation-capable” companies still fail—because they often don’t scale validated ideas, and because leaders can’t balance explore (experimentation) with exploit (incremental improvement).5 Aug 2026 · 44 min · 22 chapters
What You Can Learn From Asking AI for Brutal Honesty About Yourself - with Bestselling Author Daniel PinkDaniel Pink uses ChatGPT prompts to get “brutal honesty” self-insights, then discusses how to use AI as a sparring partner (not a first-draft writer) to improve discernment, agency, taste, and…22 Jul 2026 · 51 min · 23 chapters
Are You Qualified to Challenge Your Team on AI? - with Geoff Woods, Author of The AI-Driven LeaderHow to become an AI-driven leader who uses AI daily to elevate thinking, strategy, and execution—rather than delegating AI to IT.8 Jul 2026 · 53 min · 25 chapters
The Unexpected Economics of AGI - with Christian Catalini, Tech Founder and Co-Creator of LibraThe economics of near-AGI, arguing that intelligence is becoming cheap, but the bottleneck shifts to “verification” (human-expert style judgment about whether outputs meet a bar).24 Jun 2026 · 54 min · 23 chapters
Why Fear Kills Curiosity and What That Means for AI - with Chantel Prat, Cognitive NeuroscientistHow fear and low curiosity block learning; why “input” matters; and what it means to partner with AI using curiosity, intellectual humility, and theory of mind.10 Jun 2026 · 1 h 2 min · 25 chapters
Why Your Favorite Brand Stopped Caring About You - Eric Ries, Author of The Lean StartupMission drift and “shareholder primacy” causing companies to break promises; how founders can prevent value extraction via governance and internal alignment (Eric Ries’ “blueprint,” mission locks,…27 May 2026 · 56 min · 27 chapters
You Can't Outsource Wisdom: Bestselling Author Ryan Holiday on What the Stoics Have to Say About AIUsing Stoic philosophy to preserve uniquely human judgment and agency in the AI era; how to respond to constant change without catastrophizing; how to use AI while maintaining a “bullshit detector.”13 May 2026 · 55 min · 24 chapters
Proof of Craft: What It Takes to Stand Out When Everything Looks Good - with Laura Jones, CMO of InstacartHow Instacart’s CMO Laura Jones argues that in an AI-saturated, “infinitely scaled” content world, differentiation comes from human originality, brand trust, and product-level experience—not just ad…29 Apr 2026 · 1 h 7 min · 27 chapters
Nobody Is Getting New Manager Training for Their AI Team - with Dan Klein, UC BerkeleyAI hallucinations and reliability; why LLMs look fluent but can be confidently wrong, how “jagged frontier” capability gaps affect users, and why agent-building via thin wrappers around probabilistic…15 Apr 2026 · 1 h 3 min · 37 chapters
AI-Native or Not: The Defining Choice for Companies Right Now - with Melissa Cheals, CEO of SmartlyWhether companies should become “AI-native” (rebuilding platforms/architecture) versus layering AI onto legacy systems, and how to drive organizational change using cross-functional teams,…1 Apr 2026 · 50 min · 25 chapters
Greg Shove on Why Most Companies Are Not Seeing ROI On AI (yet)Greg Shove on Why Most Companies Are Not Seeing ROI On AI (yet)18 Mar 2026 · 59 min · 38 chapters
How to Subtract: The Most Underrated Skill of the AI Era - with Leidy KlotzJeremy Utley (Stanford's d.school) and Henrik Werdelin (entrepreneur).4 Mar 2026 · 59 min · 36 chapters
From Roadmaps to R&D: How AI Is Changing Product Development - with Richard White, Founder of Fathom AIA deep dive into AI's impact on business and work, hosted by Jeremy Utley and Henrik Werdelin.18 Feb 2026 · 57 min · 27 chapters
Here’s How to Know If You’re Getting the Most Out of AI – with Bryan McCann, CTO of You.comIn this episode, Bryan McCann, the CTO and co-founder of You.com, discusses the evolution of search and AI's integration into productivity and organizational design.4 Feb 2026 · 1 h · 22 chapters
Building An Enterprise AI Innovation Lab: A Master Class with Humza Teherany, Chief Strategy Officer of Maple Leaf Sports and EntertainmentIn this episode, Humza Teherany discusses his role at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) and how he integrates AI into the organization's operations.21 Jan 2026 · 58 min · 24 chapters
Teaser: What We Learned From Humza Teherany About Building an AI Innovation LabJeremy Utley (Stanford d.school) & Henrik Werdelin (Entrepreneur)21 Jan 2026 · 10 min · 5 chapters
Teaser: What We Learned From Anthropologist Mikkel B. Rasmussen About Why AI Gets People WrongWhat We Learned From Anthropologist Mikkel B. Rasmussen About Why AI Gets People Wrong6 Jan 2026 · 8 min · 4 chapters
Why AI Gets People Wrong: The Real Source of Insight with Anthropologist Mikkel B. RasmussenIn this episode, Mikkel B. Rasmussen shares his insights on the intersection of anthropology and AI.6 Jan 2026 · 56 min · 23 chapters
How the World’s Leading AI-First Fashion House Flips the Cash Flow Equation - with Diarra BoussoDiarra Bousso returns to share her transformative approach to the fashion industry through the utilization of AI, experimentation, and a focus on sustainability.24 Dec 2025 · 1 h 9 min
Teaser: What We Learned From Diarra Bousso’s AI-First Fashion StartupWhat We Learned From Diarra Bousso’s AI-First Fashion Startup17 Dec 2025 · 13 min