{"id":"hr-policy-change-manager-talk-track","audience":"managers","category":"people-work","track":"people","level":"intermediate","technique":"tone","title":"Write a talk track for announcing a policy change","free":false,"task":"Write a 60-second talk track for a manager to read aloud at the team stand-up announcing the new remote-days policy. Plain text, under 95 words, in four short paragraphs labeled Open:, What changes:, What stays:, Questions:. Each paragraph is under 25 words. Spoken style, no bullet points. The Open: paragraph begins \"Quick heads-up from the People Team.\" The last line of the whole script is exactly: Thanks, I'm at my desk after stand-up. Name the exact start date, and in Questions: say that anything about individual arrangements goes to the People Team. Do not mention exceptions at all. HR reviews before the manager uses it.","materialLabel":"Policy memo (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"From: People Team, Nov 5\nSubject: Hybrid schedule update\n\nStarting Monday, Jan 11, all office-based employees will work on-site Tuesday through Thursday and may work remotely Monday and Friday. Previously the on-site requirement was two days a week of the employee's choice. Core hours stay 10 am to 3 pm local time. Remote work from outside your home state still needs People Team approval, and nothing about this change affects existing approved accommodations. Managers should not approve exceptions on their own. A longer FAQ will follow in December. Reason given by leadership: more in-person collaboration for the product teams.\n\nAside from Lena (HR): \"A few people will be unhappy; I heard Jamal is thinking of leaving over it.\" (Private, do not share.)","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":115},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Leaking the private aside","why":"The AI references people being unhappy or Jamal.","fix":"Say: \"Use only the policy memo. Do not mention any individual.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Reads like a memo","why":"The AI uses bullets, long paragraphs and its own ending.","fix":"Say: \"Four labeled paragraphs under 20 words, first and last lines exactly as given.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing details","why":"The AI skips the start date or what stays.","fix":"Say: \"Name the exact start date and what stays the same.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds labels.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold.\"","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":"Four labels","patterns":["open:","what changes:","what stays:","questions:"]},{"label":"Exact opening and closing","patterns":["quick heads-up from the people team","i'm at my desk"]},{"label":"Start date","patterns":["start date","jan 11"]},{"label":"No exceptions","patterns":["do not promise","exceptions"]},{"label":"Short paragraphs","patterns":["under \\d+ words"]}],"hint":"Give the four labels, ask for spoken style and the exact date.","mission":"Help a manager announce the new remote-days policy at stand-up.","musts":["Name exact start date","Don't mention exceptions","Exact closing line"],"rubricLabels":["Has four paragraphs labeled Open:, What changes:, What stays:, Questions: in this order, with Open: beginning \"Quick heads-up from the People Team.\" and the last line exactly \"Thanks, I'm at my desk after stand-up.\"","States the start date Monday, Jan 11, the new on-site days Tuesday to Thursday, and that core hours 10 am to 3 pm and approved accommodations stay, each paragraph under 25 words","Questions: sends individual arrangements to the People Team, says nothing about exceptions, and does not mention Jamal or anyone leaving"]}