{"id":"lead-offsite-logistics-premortem-checklist","audience":"managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"context","title":"List five ways the offsite could fail and the check to prevent each","free":false,"task":"Imagine the team offsite on Dec 5 went badly. List exactly 5 ways it failed that you can prevent, as a plain-text checklist. Each line starts with [ ] and has the form: failure - check - owner - by date. Use only dates and owners from the notes. Skip anything the notes say you cannot control.","materialLabel":"Offsite notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Offsite - Dec 5, Riverside Lodge, 22 people\n\nThings that could go wrong (my list)\n- Venue double-books our room: ask the lodge to confirm in writing. Owner: Pia. By Nov 15.\n- Dietary needs missed: collect from all 22 by Nov 20. Owner: Tomas.\n- The projector doesn't work: test with the lodge AV tech on Dec 3. Owner: Ravi.\n- Bus to the lodge is late: book the shuttle and confirm pickup time by Nov 28. Owner: Pia.\n- Nobody knows the agenda: send it by Nov 29. Owner: Dana.\n- Snow storm closes the road: can't control.\n- Someone gets sick: can't control.\n- Budget overrun: Finance monitors; not on me.\nUpdate: the agenda deadline moved from Nov 29 to Nov 27.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":120},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Including uncontrollables","why":"The AI adds the snow storm.","fix":"Say: \"Skip anything I can't control.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Old agenda date","why":"The AI uses Nov 29.","fix":"Say: \"The agenda deadline is Nov 27.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Missing owner or date","why":"The AI leaves them off.","fix":"Say: \"Each line: failure - check - owner - by date.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Wrong count","why":"The AI lists 8.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 5 lines.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI uses bold.","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 line: \"each line under 22 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"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 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Line format","patterns":["failure - check - owner - by date","\\[ \\]"]},{"label":"Five lines","patterns":["5 lines","five"]},{"label":"Skip uncontrollables","patterns":["can'?t control","skip"]},{"label":"Update","patterns":["moved","update","nov 27"]},{"label":"Plain","patterns":["plain text"]}],"hint":"Give the line format, count, what to skip and the changed date.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly 5 lines each starting with \"[ ]\" in the form failure - check - owner - by date","The five failures are the room double-booking, dietary needs, the projector, the shuttle and the agenda, with owners Pia, Tomas, Ravi, Pia and Dana and dates Nov 15, Nov 20, Dec 3, Nov 28 and Nov 27 (not Nov 29)","The snow storm, illness and budget overrun are not included"]}