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KEY TAKEAWAYS: HOW PEOPLE ARE USING CHATGPT

ChatGPT adoption is broadening globally and creating value in both work and personal life. Gender gaps have narrowed, with women now making up more than half of identified users. Growth is fastest in low and middle-income countries. Most use centers on everyday tasks like seeking information, writing, and planning, while coding and self-expression remain smaller segments. About half of interactions are advisory “Asking”, 40% are task-oriented “Doing”, and 11% are reflective “Expressing”. Roughly 30% of usage is work-related and 70% non-work.

ADVERTISING IN 2030

Confidence in gen AI as a creative tool is rising, while VR, AR, and the metaverse have failed to gain widespread adoption. Consumer priorities have shifted back toward price over sustainability. Workplace communication remains more digital than pre-2020, but many companies have returned to in-person interactions. Advances in AI, biometrics, personalization, and bot-to-bot marketing are expected to continue, while global coordination on privacy and lasting changes in consumer behavior are seen as unlikely.

FROM MINIMAL TO WHIMSICAL: HOW WE REDESIGNED USERLIST IN 2025

Userlist launched a major redesign in September after outgrowing its minimalist interface from 2019. The update introduced vertical navigation, denser layouts, smaller fonts, and improved access to assets like segments and profiles. The team added whimsical illustrations, a new logo with intertwined U letters, and consistent microcopy and capitalization rules. The redesign also included a full refresh of documentation and the marketing website, with new modules, screenshots, and layouts.

THE 6 FRAMEWORKS YOU NEED FOR 2026 PLANNING

GTM OS delivers a structured approach by guiding leadership teams through the 5 Valleys, 3 Ps, 15 GTM Problems, and 8 Core Questions every quarter. This process uncovers where growth is breaking down, validates whether platform and product-market fits still hold, and isolates the top 3 or 4 priorities for the next 90 days. By anchoring planning conversations in these frameworks, leaders replace ad hoc, reactive decisions with an actionable roadmap.

AI PROMPT ENGINEERING TO WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER

Meta prompting helps you reverse-engineer effective prompts to save time, while basic prompting rules, such as assigning roles and giving clear instructions, improve output quality. Teaching AI a specific voice and tone allows for more authentic communication, and asking it to slow down produces more accurate and thoughtful responses. Other methods include the AI sandwich, where humans draft, AI expands, and humans edit, and fill-in-the-blank prompting to complete unfinished writing.

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