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Map five stakeholders with a stance backed by evidence

  • For Customer success managers
  • You practice Keeping the AI to your sources
  • Time about 5 minutes
  • Level Intermediate

About this exercise

Build a stakeholder map as a table with the header row exactly "Name | Role | Stance | Next touch" and five rows. Stance is exactly Champion, Neutral or Blocker, based only on the evidence in the notes. Next touch is a short action with a date. Plain text, table only, under 90 words.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

  • Guessing a blocker by title. The teammate says the CFO must be a blocker. Try: Say: "Base the stance only on evidence in the notes."
  • Missing a champion. The AI marks Bea Neutral because she is junior. Try: Say: "Quotes of strong support count as Champion."
  • Undated actions or wrong table. The AI writes 'follow up' with no date. Try: Say: "Next touch: action with a date from Nov 9 to Nov 20."
  • Getting markdown back. AI adds bold and headings by default, which show up as stray symbols where this is pasted. Try: Say "plain text, no bold, no headings, no asterisks".
  • Trusting the AI to count words. AI is bad at counting and usually runs long, so a vague "keep it short" lands well over the limit. Try: Cap each part instead of the total, for example "each line under 15 words".

What a strong prompt includes

  • Asks for plain text
  • Sets a length limit
  • Gives the header
  • Bases stance on evidence

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