{"id":"exec-stakeholder-map-from-interviews","audience":"consultants","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","technique":"grounding","level":"intermediate","title":"Sort client stakeholders into a power and interest map","free":false,"task":"You're mapping stakeholders for a client's ERP rollout. Put each of the 6 people in a table with columns Name, Quadrant, Evidence. Quadrant must be exactly one of Manage closely, Keep satisfied, Keep informed, Monitor. Evidence is a reason from the notes in under 10 words, and anything secondhand must say (secondhand). Use each person's current title. Output only the table, under 150 words.","materialLabel":"Interview notes, week 1 (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Client: Arbor & Finch Home Goods - ERP rollout\nInterview notes, week 1 (consultant: Jonah Reyes)\n\nCeleste Moreau, CFO. Owns the budget and can stop the project at any gate review. Very engaged, asked for weekly cost reports.\n\nDmitri Volkov, VP Supply Chain. Biggest user group (warehouse and buying teams). Skeptical: \"Last system ate two years.\" Attends every workshop.\n\nHana Sato, Head of HR. Will need to retrain 300 store staff but said she has \"no opinion on the software itself.\" Wants timelines early.\n\nOwen Pryce, Director of IT. In the Oct org chart as IT Manager; promoted to Director on Nov 1 and now signs off on all integrations. Supportive.\n\nLucia Ferrante, Regional Store Manager (West). Small user group, low influence on decisions. Mostly cares about not changing the till screens.\n\nGareth Lowe, Chief Legal Officer. Approves the vendor contract only. Hasn't been interviewed. Dmitri said over coffee that Gareth \"hates long contracts and might block it,\" not confirmed with Gareth.\n\nTeam note: Celeste and Dmitri don't get along; keep them in separate workshops for now.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":150}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not naming the quadrants","why":"The AI invents categories like \"Champion\" or \"Influencer\".","fix":"Say: \"Quadrant is exactly one of Manage closely, Keep satisfied, Keep informed, Monitor.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Using outdated titles","why":"The notes mention an old title first, and the AI copies it.","fix":"Add: \"Use each person's current title.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Treating gossip as evidence","why":"Dmitri's coffee comment gets reported as Gareth's view.","fix":"Add: \"Mark anything secondhand as (secondhand).\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"A table with long evidence cells runs well past the limit.","fix":"Cap cells: \"Evidence under 10 words per row. Output only the table.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the four quadrants","patterns":["manage closely","keep satisfied","keep informed","monitor"]},{"label":"Asks for a table","patterns":["table","column"]},{"label":"Uses current titles","patterns":["current title","promot","latest title"]},{"label":"Flags secondhand claims","patterns":["secondhand","hearsay","unconfirmed","second.?hand"]},{"label":"Sets a length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","only the table"]}],"hint":"A stakeholder map is only useful if the labels are standard and the evidence is honest. Give the four quadrants and say how to mark hearsay.","rubricLabels":["Is a table with Name, Quadrant and Evidence columns covering all 6 people, and every Quadrant is exactly one of Manage closely, Keep satisfied, Keep informed, Monitor","Celeste Moreau (CFO, can stop the project) is Manage closely, and Owen Pryce is called Director of IT, not IT Manager","Gareth Lowe's evidence is marked (secondhand) or clearly says it came from Dmitri and is unconfirmed, and every Evidence cell is under 10 words"]}