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AI at the Gemba · lesson 3 · worksheet

Write the briefing

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DateThe job this briefing is forName

Fill in the six boxes for one job you do every week. Leave out names, customers and anything from Lesson 2's red bucket: a briefing is a paste too.

PartThe questionMy answer
The job and the whyWhat am I asking for, and what will it be used for?
The readerWho reads the answer, and what do they already know?
The factsWhat may it use? What must it not invent?
The formatWhat shape should the answer take?
Examples (three to five)What does a good answer look like?
Permission to not knowWhat should it do when the facts don't answer?

One-liner against briefing

Run A, one lineRun B, with the briefing
Did it follow the format?
Bullets that come from the table
Minutes by reason: right or wrong?
A cause that is not in the table
Where this briefing will live (Project, custom instructions, skill):
Who owns it, and when I will review it:

After three uses: what the briefing should have said

Use 1:
Use 2:
Use 3:
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