{"id":"lead-second-location-premortem-checklist","audience":"small-business","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"context","title":"Build a pre-mortem checklist before opening a second location","free":false,"task":"You are opening a second bakery location on March 1. List the 5 ways it could fail that you can still prevent, as a plain-text checklist. Each line starts with [ ], names the failure, and ends with the action and the date in the notes. Use only dates from the notes and skip risks you cannot control.","materialLabel":"Your worries and plans (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Second location - what keeps me up\n\n- Health inspection must pass before we open. Inspector slots: Feb 10 or Feb 17. Book by Jan 20.\n- The new oven arrives Feb 14; if late, we can't bake. Call the supplier Feb 3 to confirm delivery.\n- Hiring: need 4 staff, have 1 hired. Post jobs by Jan 15.\n- A big competitor might open nearby (can't control this).\n- Weather could be bad on opening day (can't control).\n- Point-of-sale system must be tested. Test day Feb 24 with a fake order run.\n- Neighbors might complain about early delivery trucks. Send a notice to neighbors by Feb 1.\n- My accountant says the loan payment starts in April, which is fine.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":120},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Including risks you can't control","why":"The AI adds the competitor and the weather.","fix":"Say: \"Only risks I can still prevent.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No dates","why":"The AI writes general advice like 'prepare early'.","fix":"Say: \"End each line with the action and the date from the notes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong number of lines","why":"The AI lists 8 items.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 5 lines, each starting with [ ].\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI uses bold and dashes.","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":"Asks for a checklist","patterns":["checklist","\\[ \\]"]},{"label":"Exactly five","patterns":["5 (lines|items|ways)","five"]},{"label":"Uses dates from notes","patterns":["date","from the notes"]},{"label":"Skips uncontrollables","patterns":["can'?t control","cannot control","skip","preventable"]},{"label":"Plain text","patterns":["plain text","no bold"]}],"hint":"Say how many lines, how each starts and ends, and which risks to skip.","rubricLabels":["The list has exactly 5 lines, each starting with \"[ ]\" and each naming a failure plus an action with a date","The 5 items are the health inspection, oven delivery, hiring, POS test and neighbor notice, with dates from the notes (Jan 20, Feb 3, Jan 15, Feb 24, Feb 1)","Does not include the competitor, the weather or the loan"]}