Abstract

AI is 90% "Questioning Skills"! "Thinking" and "Prompts" to make AI a weapon in every stage of planning

- 7 steps to not let generating AI end with just "idea generation" Explained in 7 practical steps:
"Generate ideas" → "Refine ideas" → "Translate into a proposal" → "Get through meetings" → "Motivate the team" → "Use it for the next time" → "Make it a routine"

- Systematizing know-how honed in the field
Ranked 1st in "Wemake," a platform for co-creating ideas for publicly solicited themes from companies. Know-how put into practice by the author who is active in the fields of business idea solicitation (competitions), new business proposals, brand development, and design management support

- The skill to hone is "Questioning Skills"
"Questions that break down problems" "Questions that delve into consumer insights" "Questions that broaden ideas" "Questions that find the weaknesses of the plan"... This systematizes the "art of questioning," focusing not on "what answers to elicit," but on "what kinds of questions to formulate to move thinking forward."

[Target audience]
- People who have started using generative AI in their work but are struggling with how to utilize it in planning tasks
- People involved in new business, product development, service planning, and marketing
- People who want to improve the quality of idea generation and proposal writing, and create winning plans for competitions, open calls, and internal proposals
- People who want to use generative AI not merely as an efficiency tool, but as a tool to enhance creativity

Author’s Information

Okunote CEO / Business Designer.

Through experience at advertising agencies, internet media, and consulting firms, he has been involved in communication design, social contribution projects, and organizational transformation support starting with creativity. In 2019, he launched his sole proprietorship "Okunote," and has been consistently handling business design, from new product and service planning to branding and marketing support and design production, mainly through co-creation projects with small and medium-sized enterprises nationwide and traditional Japanese industries. In 2026, he founded Okunote Co., Ltd. With the mission of "continuing to be of service to those who take on challenges through the power of planning and design," he supports the challenges of companies and regions and promotes the creation of new value. He is also actively involved in educational activities as a lecturer at universities and public institutions.