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Compare three office lease exit options for the CFO

  • For FP&A and financial analysts
  • You practice Setting limits and rules
  • Time about 5 minutes
  • Level Advanced

About this exercise

You're comparing three ways to handle 24 remaining months on an office lease for the CFO. Write a prompt for a markdown table with columns Option, Math and Net cost for Stay, Buy out and Sublease, followed by lines starting "Lowest net cost:", "Not included:" and "Confirm with counsel:". Facts only: no recommendation. Show each calculation. Under 150 words.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

  • Using the full rent for sublease months. The AI forgets the subtenant pays 60%. Try: Add: "After month 6 we pay 40% of the rent."
  • Recommending an option. The AI tells the CFO to buy out. Try: Add: "Facts only: no recommendation."
  • Treating estimates as certain. The AI ignores that the buyout is unsigned. Try: Add: "Confirm with counsel: sublease consent and the unsigned buyout."
  • Skipping rent until move-out. The AI counts the buyout as $120,000. Try: Add: "Buy out includes 3 months of rent until move-out."
  • Trusting the AI to count words. AI is bad at counting and runs past word limits. Try: Ask for fewer words than the real cap and keep each part short.

What a strong prompt includes

  • Names the columns
  • Shows each calculation
  • Asks for the three closing lines
  • Bans a recommendation
  • Caps length

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