Contract
What exactly am I handing over?
Learn to turn a vague handoff into a one-action contract with a target, permitted change, preconditions, exclusions and completion evidence.
Required: your AI Work Delegation Blueprint and either your own workflow or the fictional starter case. AI/GPT is not required for the core simulation.
Repair an ambiguous instruction, separate deciding from doing and place approval before execution.
A one-action contract that another person can interpret without guessing.
This session uses paper, partner role-play and supplied evidence. Do not treat the simulation as a live customer action.
What you will leave with
A one-action contract. Add this to your AI Work Delegation Blueprint.
Use your own workflow or the fictional quotation case. No coding or live customer action is needed.
Start with a decision · 10 minutes
Give pairs “Handle Aina’s quote.” One person drafts, the other sends. Both believe they followed the same instruction. Ask what information would prevent that disagreement.
Bite A · Name the target and effect
Question: Which record may change, and how?
Input: Q-104 and P-SEP in S1/S2. Open the case cards.
Try · 12 minutes: Repair “Handle Aina’s quote.” Specify enquiry ID, draft version, recipient, allowed change and completion check. Swap contracts and mark any remaining ambiguity.
Compare after you have decided
Prepare Q-104 at the current price. No send until Mira approves the version and verified recipient. “Handle it” does not identify a bounded action.
Keep: System, target, permitted change and exclusions.
Bite B · Separate deciding from doing
Question: Which steps need judgement or authority?
Input: 500 notebooks at RM8; Q-106 requests 15% off; S2 policy. Open the case cards.
Try · 12 minutes: Sort calculation, wording, discount approval and sending into fixed calculation, suggested judgement, owner decision and controlled action. Explain a disputed placement.
Compare after you have decided
500 × RM8 = RM4,000 is a checkable calculation. Drafting wording does not transfer discount authority. A fixed calculation needs no autonomous decision.
Keep: Decision owner for each step.
Bite C · Put approval before execution
Question: What must be true before the action starts?
Input: Q-106, Prepare mode, Mira’s limit and Daniel’s authority. Open the case cards.
Try · 12 minutes: Write the sequence: request and facts, authority or approval, action, verification. Mark the missing approval and draft the request for it.
Compare after you have decided
Preparation continues while the 15% request waits for Daniel. An approval recorded after sending cannot authorise the earlier send.
Keep: Contract with preconditions and evidence.
Put it together · 20 minutes
A peer can determine whether a normal request is ready and an exception is blocked without the author explaining the contract. Revise the weakest item and have a partner use it. Keep the result and one limitation.
Close your question · 10 minutes
Return to What exactly am I handing over? and your own opening question. Answered, partly answered or still open? Show the evidence. Save the updated AI Work Delegation Blueprint. A reasoned decision to keep a step human-led is useful work.
Common trap
A proposed action belongs in the contract; actual execution follows approval. Do not reverse those in a diagram.
Must every action need a fresh approval? Choose the mode for the task. In this training case sending needs version-specific approval.
Where this appears in real work
Zenneth.ai content approval: tie permission to a specific draft and channel before publishing. The class uses the fictional packet; selected project demonstrations and technical walkthroughs can add detail later.