Ian Tan

Ian Tan

Books to read: Learning How To Learn

This week, I’ll introduce my favorite books that can help you become wiser and more resilient in this increasingly chaotic world. First up is “Learning How To Learn” by Barbara Oakley, Terrence Sejnowski, and Alistair McConville. It was originally written…

Remove Em Dashes in ChatGPt

Until ChatGPT came along, I have never used an em dash (—). And I still don’t. I always use a hyphen (-) as it’s less complicated to type. I know the em dash drives many LinkedIn users crazy, because ChatGPT…

Return to Juying for an AI chat

This week, I had a great discussion with Amanda Foo and her fellow teachers from Juying Secondary School. They have formed a Professional Learning Team (PLT) focusing on creating guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Gen AI for secondary-level…

Gen AI with Sea Ltd

Thank you, Angela Regina Tiong-Cacho, for the opportunity to share my repertoire of Generative AI techniques with the regional communications and marketing pros at Sea Ltd. I’m always happy to meet fellow practitioners who wield the power of words, visuals…

Flowcharts with the Force

My 2nd video for LinkedIn! I had a discussion with my friend Alfred yesterday over making flowcharts with ChatGPT’s new imaging capabilities, so I decided to have some fun making one about Jedis and Siths. To make this video, I…

Patience in iteration

PATIENCE – this is the key ingredient in creating content that stands out from the crowd, especially in the age of Gen AI. The iterative process of working on any idea always takes time. Creative content simply does not happen…

Sketching is your new superpower

The first thing that I teach in my Advertising Creativity course at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information is “How to sketch anything”. Sketching has always been an important skill to drive creative thinking, and in the age…