Creative Intelligence is here, but I didn't mean to write it.

A year ago I made plans to write a book, but not this one.

Somewhere between researching something completely different and discovering how to use AI as an actual thinking partner, I realized a lot of people are treating this technology like a fancy vending machine. Push button, get output. Rinse, repeat.

And who can blame them? Apple, Microsoft, Google—they're all selling AI as a glorified intern. Press this, automate that, generate everything. Meanwhile, the conversation stays trapped between bad sci-fi fever dreams and tactical bro tutorials for modern parlor tricks.

My friends and peers have shown curiosity and intrest in learning this new technology but so much that is out there focuses on prompts and automation. What's missing is the middle ground. The place where AI stops being a productivity hack and starts being what it actually is: a tool that can amplify the one thing it can never replace—our creativity, ingenuity, and empathy. I couldn't find a book about how to actually think with this technology instead of just prompting it. 

So I wrote it.

Creative Intelligence: Don't Ask AI, Think With It provides a system of perspectives, proven frameworks, and new approaches created specifically for collaborating with AI—all designed to help you create more engaging collaboration, meaningful outcomes, and distinctive work.

The book provides a system of perspectives, proven frameworks, and new approaches created specifically for collaborating with AI—all designed to help you create more meaningful, engaging, and distinctive work. I used almost all of them while writing this book: constant cycles of divergent and convergent thinking, tapping into the depth and breadth of human knowledge across sciences and academic research, and deconstructing bias in constructive ways. I also created a take on my friend Ryan's “Subject Matter Amateur” concept and new frameworks like the AI Collaboration Profile.

It works. All of it. Period. 

This is the missing manual that I think a lot of folks have been looking for. More than another guide on prompt engineering. A field guide for thinking differently in a world that's already different from just a year ago and now in a constant state of flux.

Creative Intelligence is available now. Buy it. Read it. Use it.

And if you know someone climbing toward something better—especially when the path is far from clear—tell them about it. This isn't just a book. It's a way up and out.