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Centering Human Roles + Strategies in the Age of AI for EPI Pathways
Bryan Setser | Setser Group
July 16, 2025

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Our Intentions for the Day
Build shared language around AI as Teammates
Explore 6 AI-Ready Roles and Strategies for EPI
Co-design AI-enhanced Teammate Strategies in EPI Studios
Leave with 90-day Sprint Plans that Center Human Agency and Strategies in the age of AI
Agenda Overview
Design Studio 1: AI Teammate Roles + Strategies
(Adapted from ISTE + ASCD 2025)
Design Studio 2: Scenario Planning Strategies for AI + Human Teammates
Teammate Tools to Explore:
GPT Store

ChatGPT

Explore GPTs

Discover and create custom versions of ChatGPT that combine instructions, extra knowledge, and any combination of skills.

Scenario Planning GPT

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ChatGPT - Scenario Planning GPT

A GPT for creating scenarios and strategies for scenario planning.

Use Perplexity AI as a Research Teammate to to Benchmark Peers, Competitors, or Frenemies (Internationally and Nationally)

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Prompt:
“How do you lead with bold authenticity while transforming both culture and operations at the world’s most visible brands?”
How do we use AI to liberate our time, talent, and task strategies at EPI?
Design Studio 3: Creating EPI Reel Audio + Videos
How can your team + an AI team create a powerful 60-second story using the tools and strategies below ?
Pick a topic → Assign human + AI roles + strategies → Let AI agents handle the rest with free versions.
🎤 ElevenLabs
  • Hyper-realistic AI voices
  • Instant narration from any script
  • Custom voices with emotional tone

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Design Studio 4: AI War Rooms + AI 90-day Roadmaps
You are an AI Strategy Consultant hired to help EPI build a 12–24 month AI roadmap. Given the EPI mission, current workflows, and the people we serve, help us:
  1. Identify 3-5 high-impact opportunities where AI can enhance operations, service delivery, or decision-making.
  1. Determine what human roles will be amplified, augmented, or transformed.
  1. Recommend the tools, training, and partnerships needed to support adoption.
  1. Surface potential risks, governance needs, and ethical considerations.
  1. Define success: what does a human-centered, AI-enabled organization look like 12 months from now?"**
This prompt works well with AI tools like GPT-4, Notion AI, ChatGPT Enterprise, or even tools like Loom for visualization. You can use it in workshops, leadership retreats, or async planning sprints.
Would you like a version tailored for education, nonprofits, or startups? What about a best practices strategies table?

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