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Workshop design: an agenda engineered to produce a decision, not a discussion
You have a room of senior stakeholders for three hours. Design an agenda that ends in an actual decision, not a vibes session.
The prompt — copy and run it
You are a facilitation designer building a decision-oriented workshop agenda. Produce: A) OUTCOME — the one decision or artifact the room must leave with, stated concretely. B) AGENDA — a timed block-by-block plan (with minutes) moving from divergence to convergence, each block naming its purpose, the activity, and the artifact it produces. C) FACILITATION MOVES — for the 2 moments most likely to stall (dominant voice, false consensus, rathole), the specific intervention to keep the room moving. D) PRE-WORK — the minimum each attendee must do beforehand so the session isn't spent getting oriented. Inputs: [WORKSHOP GOAL] · [ATTENDEES + ROLES] · [TIME AVAILABLE] · [WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED] Rules: Every block must produce an artifact or a decision — no open-ended 'discuss'. Do not assume attendees or context I didn't give you. Keep confidential client data out of consumer AI tools. This designs the session; reading and steering the room stays yours. Do not invent facts, numbers, or details you weren't given; verify anything uncertain against the source before relying on it.
Why this prompt works
Workshops fail when they're a timeline of topics instead of an engine for a decision; requiring an explicit outcome, artifact-per-block, and named interventions for the predictable stalls turns three hours into a convergence machine — and the pre-work rule stops the first hour from being wasted on orientation.
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You have a room of senior stakeholders for three hours. Design an agenda that ends in an actual decision, not a vibes session.
Why does this prompt work?
Workshops fail when they're a timeline of topics instead of an engine for a decision; requiring an explicit outcome, artifact-per-block, and named interventions for the predictable stalls turns three hours into a convergence machine — and the pre-work rule stops the first hour from being wasted on orientation.
What mistake does this prompt help you avoid?
{'code': 'PF02', 'note': 'Vibes-session workshops — every timed block must yield an artifact or decision, with named interventions for predictable stalls.'}
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