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Design a discovery workshop

Bring: Group, time and intended output.
Expect: A timed run sheet with contingencies.

Design a 60-minute discovery workshop for eight colleagues that ends with [output]. Include what to say, materials and a fallback for each segment.

Bring: The situation and time left.
Expect: A speakable move and fallback.

Help me respond to this conflict in the room: [situation]. We have [minutes] left. Give me one move and the words to say.

Bring: Authorized photos or notes.
Expect: Traceable themes, dissent and gaps.

Synthesize these board photos without inventing consensus. Keep a raw transcription, then group themes with source IDs and note dissent and gaps.

Bring: Purpose, group size, time and mode.
Expect: One activity and an alternative.

Find a [remote/in-person] activity for [number] people in [minutes] that helps the group [purpose]. Give one recommendation and one alternative.

Bring: Options, owner and decision rule.
Expect: A decision record with dissent.

Guide the group to choose between [options]. The decision owner is [owner]. Agree criteria first and record any dissent.

Bring: Purpose and what's still open.
Expect: A script, prompts and access options.

Design a listening session about [topic]. Be clear about what's already decided, offer several ways to contribute and include interruption language.

Bring: What happened and the actions agreed.
Expect: Debrief prompts and a follow-up draft.

Plan a short debrief for today's session and draft a follow-up message listing the actions people agreed to. Don't send it.

Bring: The moment and audience.
Expect: A bounded rehearsal with feedback.

Let me rehearse my workshop opening for [audience] in two minutes. Play two fictional participants and give me feedback on clarity and timing.