The delegation memo that survives contact
Lesson 6 of 6 · The Operator's Binder
1 · Learn the move · Power-ups + stakes
Most delegation dies in week two, when the person who took the work hits the first thing the memo didn't cover and quietly hands it back. Put the stakes in the prompt, what breaks if this drops, who feels it, and by when, then make the AI think through the whole handoff before it writes a word: what transfers, what decisions stay with you, checkpoints with real dates, and the line that says what to do when something isn't covered. A handoff with no checkpoint is a hope. A handoff with three is a system.
You are writing my delegation memo. Stakes: if [task] drops, [what breaks, who feels it, by when]. Think step by step through the handoff, then write: what transfers, what decisions stay with me, the first-30-days checkpoints with dates, what good looks like, and what to do when something isn't covered. My facts only; anything I didn't give you = [NEEDS: ...].
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
You're moving into the operations seat and handing the front-office calendar and vendor coordination to a coordinator who starts Monday. The last time this got handed off it came back within a month, one crisis at a time, until you were quietly doing it again. Write a prompt that produces a memo built to survive week two.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.