MOBTS 2026

Custom GPT (ChatGPT) for running the Effectuation Discovery Lab simulation

I created a Custom GPT available to anyone with the URL for you to use / run later. Click on the link to start the Chat session.

• Here is the exact URL for the Custom GPT that incorporates knowledge files (Neck & Greene, 2011; Nicol and Macfarlane, 2008; Sarasvathy, 2001, 2008): Effectuation Discovery Lab

Here is the markdown file for the Custom GPT for those who want to unpack it to learn.

The Effectuation Discovery Lab System Prompt (Markdown file)

• Use this link to get the google doc with the system prompts; copy and paste the entire document into your favorite AI platform (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini...)

• this is the markdown file (google drive will say it's unsupported) 

More Takehome files (In addition to Prompt Files Above)

1. Slides for my presentation for this MOBTS session

2. Toward end of session: The Experiential Prompt Arc: Design Worksheet a clean worksheet document for you and your students to complete.

3. MOBTS Submission - Description of this Workshop (.pdf)

4. Custom GPT for Todd Grave's Raising Cane's effectuation simulation (interactive)

5. Custom GPT for Todd Grave's Raising Cane's effectuation simulation (non-interactive)

6. The Effectuation Iron Chef Competition - Revised Operational Script (.md) - Have an Iron Chef-like competition based on effectuation principles

To use GPTs in your classroom

Method 1: The "One-Click Clone" (No Uploads Required)

I have built this as a Custom GPT inside ChatGPT (using a Plus/Team/Enterprise account) to handle all the heavy lifting on my end.

1. My Action: I created the Custom GPT. I pasted my 6-Stage Prompt Arc into the instructions, and I physically upload the core PDFs (Sarasvathy, 2001; Nicol & Macfarlane-Dick, 2006) directly into the GPT’s "Knowledge" section.

2. I Published It: I set the visibility of your Custom GPT to "Public" or "Anyone with the link."

3. The Other Professor's Action: During my MOBTS session, the other professor scans my QR code and gets the link (e.g., https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6a24a1bd72c88191a5c6924b97d8dea4-effectuation-discovery-lab).

How the files "travel": In this scenario, the files are completely integrated into the hosted AI tool. The other professor does not upload anything. The prompt instructions, the behavior boundaries, and the background PDF files are all bundled together in the cloud under your link. When their students chat with that specific link, the AI references the PDFs already uploaded to Craig Armstrong's account.

Method 2: The "Open-Source Kit" (Manual Configuration)

If another professor wants to completely customize the tool—for example, if they want to change your entrepreneurship scenario to an Organizational Behavior focus, or if their university forces them to use an isolated, secure campus AI playground (like a private Azure OpenAI environment)—they cannot use your public link. They must build their own version from scratch.

This is where your physical Takeaway Handouts come into play. To clone your pedagogy manually, they will execute a two-step setup:

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