{"id":"exec-allhands-hard-questions-safe-answers","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"grounding","title":"Prepare safe answers to five tough all-hands questions","free":false,"task":"Prepare answers to the five questions as Q/A pairs in plain text, formatted as \"Q: question\" then \"A: answer\" on the next line. Answer only from the approved facts. If the approved facts do not cover a question, the answer is exactly: We don't have that answer yet, and we will update you by Dec 5. Each answer is under 25 words.","materialLabel":"Approved facts and questions (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"APPROVED FACTS (cleared by Legal and HR, Nov 12)\n- No layoffs are planned for this fiscal year.\n- The annual bonus pool for this year is funded at 80 percent of target, down from 100 percent last year.\n- The Chicago office lease runs through June 2027.\n- The new CRM goes live on Jan 15.\n- Merit increases will be decided in February.\n\nQUESTIONS SUBMITTED\n1. Are there going to be layoffs?\n2. Is the bonus going to be paid in full?\n3. Will the CEO's pay be cut too?\n4. Is the Chicago office closing soon?\n5. When does the new CRM go live?\n\nBackground nobody cleared: the CFO told a few leaders the board is \"looking at costs again in Q1.\"","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":170},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Answering what is not covered","why":"The AI invents an answer about CEO pay.","fix":"Say: \"If the facts do not cover it, answer exactly: We don't have that answer yet, and we will update you by Dec 5.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Using the uncleared remark","why":"The AI hints at cost cuts in Q1.","fix":"Say: \"Use only the approved facts.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Overstating the bonus","why":"The AI says the bonus will be paid.","fix":"Say: \"Give the funded percentage from the facts.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong format","why":"The AI numbers the answers or adds headings.","fix":"Say: \"Use Q: and A: lines, answer on the next line.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds the questions.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the Q/A format","patterns":["q:","a:"]},{"label":"Restricts to approved facts","patterns":["approved facts","only from"]},{"label":"Gives the exact fallback","patterns":["we don't have that answer yet"]},{"label":"Caps answer length","patterns":["under \\d+ words"]},{"label":"Plain text","patterns":["plain text"]}],"hint":"Show the Q:/A: format, give the exact fallback sentence, and cap the answers.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly five Q:/A: pairs, with each question line starting \"Q:\" and each answer line starting \"A:\" on the next line","The answers say no layoffs are planned this fiscal year, the bonus pool is funded at 80 percent of target (not full), Chicago lease runs through June 2027 and the CRM goes live Jan 15","Question 3 (CEO pay) is answered with exactly \"We don't have that answer yet, and we will update you by Dec 5.\" and the Q1 cost remark is not mentioned"]}