{"id":"lead-we-will-we-wont-tradeoffs","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"advanced","technique":"grounding","title":"Turn strategy notes into three we-will and we-won't trade-off pairs","free":false,"task":"Turn the strategy notes into exactly 3 trade-off pairs. Write each as two lines: \"We will ...\" then \"So we won't ...\", with a numbered label 1, 2, 3 on the first line of each pair. Each line is under 18 words. Every \"won't\" must be a real cost named in the notes, not an invented one, and exclude anything the notes say is undecided. Plain text.","materialLabel":"Offsite strategy notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Offsite - Hollis Software (fictional), decisions from Oct 17\n\nDECIDED\n- We will focus on mid-market (200-1,000 employees) customers. As a result we will stop selling to companies under 50 employees. Self-serve plan for small teams is discontinued Jan 31.\n- We will build the compliance reporting module in H1. As a result the mobile app rebuild moves to H2.\n- We will keep support in-house. As a result we won't add an outsourced night-shift desk.\n\nUNDECIDED\n- Whether to open a Berlin office. Discussion continues; decision in March.\n- Whether to raise prices 5% or 8% in July.\n\nNot decided but loudly requested: a free tier. Someone suggested \"no free tier ever.\" Not agreed.\n\nContext: Revenue is $22M. Headcount 140.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":130},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Including undecided items","why":"The AI adds Berlin or the price rise.","fix":"Say: \"Leave out anything the notes say is undecided.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Inventing costs","why":"The AI says 'we won't expand to Europe'.","fix":"Say: \"Each won't must be a cost named in the notes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong structure","why":"The AI writes a paragraph.","fix":"Say: \"Three pairs: We will / So we won't.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI uses bullets.","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 18 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":"Pairs","patterns":["we will","won'?t"]},{"label":"Three","patterns":["3 pairs","three"]},{"label":"From notes","patterns":["named in the notes","only"]},{"label":"Excludes undecided","patterns":["undecided","leave out"]},{"label":"Plain","patterns":["plain text"]}],"hint":"Show the pair format, require costs from the notes, and exclude undecided items.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly 3 pairs numbered 1, 2, 3, each with a \"We will ...\" line and a \"So we won't ...\" line","The pairs are mid-market focus (stop selling to under 50 employees, self-serve plan ends Jan 31), compliance reporting in H1 (mobile rebuild moves to H2), and in-house support (no outsourced night desk)","Does not include Berlin, the price increase, or the free tier, and no \"won't\" is an invented cost"]}