{"id":"exec-new-director-board-brief-fields","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"format","title":"Fill a one-page brief for a new board director","free":false,"task":"Fill a brief for a new board director with exactly these labels, one per line, in plain text: Company:, Committees:, Key numbers:, Open issues:, First meeting:. Use the most recent figures where the notes give two. Key numbers has exactly three figures separated by semicolons. Under 100 words in all, and leave out anything labeled informal.","materialLabel":"Board secretary's notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Notes for the incoming director, Hiro Tanaka\n\n- Company: Calder Freight, a regional trucking and logistics business, founded 2009, 1,150 employees.\n- Committees: Audit (chair: Susan Ortiz) and Compensation (chair: Raj Mehta). Hiro will join Audit.\n- Revenue: $212M last fiscal year. Updated Oct 15: trailing twelve months now $226M.\n- Operating margin: 6.1 percent last fiscal year; 5.4 percent in the latest quarter.\n- Fleet: 640 trucks.\n- Open issues: (1) driver turnover at 41 percent; (2) a pending decision on a second warehouse.\n- Informal: the CEO and CFO do not always agree on the warehouse. Not for the brief.\n- First meeting: Thursday, Dec 4, 9:00, boardroom. Pre-read goes out Nov 25.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":100},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using older figures","why":"The AI quotes $212M and 6.1 percent.","fix":"Say: \"Use the most recent figures where the notes give two.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Including the informal note","why":"The AI mentions the CEO and CFO disagreement.","fix":"Say: \"Leave out anything labeled informal.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong count of figures","why":"The AI lists five numbers.","fix":"Say: \"Key numbers has exactly three figures separated by semicolons.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Changing the template","why":"The AI adds headings and bullets.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly these five labels in order, one per line.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds labels.","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":"Lists the labels","patterns":["company:","committees:","key numbers:","open issues:","first meeting:"]},{"label":"Most recent figures","patterns":["most recent","latest"]},{"label":"Three figures with semicolons","patterns":["three figures","semicolon"]},{"label":"Leave out informal","patterns":["informal"]},{"label":"Plain text","patterns":["plain text"]}],"hint":"List the five labels, say how many figures and which to use, and what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly the five labels Company:, Committees:, Key numbers:, Open issues: and First meeting: in that order, one per line","Key numbers has exactly three figures separated by semicolons using the latest ones (trailing twelve-month revenue of $226M, the 5.4 percent latest-quarter margin, and one more such as 640 trucks), not the older $212M or 6.1 percent","Open issues covers driver turnover at 41 percent and the second warehouse decision, First meeting is Thursday, Dec 4 at 9:00, and the CEO-CFO disagreement is not mentioned"]}