AI at work · fictional workplace scenes

Sent before anyone agreed

Two questions reveal that the investor needs one short demo. Otto has already sent forty screens.

Why it looked good

Sending the work makes the task look complete. A fast delivery can still get ahead of the decision about what should be sent.

What does the investor need the demo to prove?

Who decides what goes to the investor, and did they approve this version before it was sent?

Pause the next send. Ask the decision owner to confirm the smallest demo that serves the purpose; a draft is still a proposal.

No separate clip is published here yet. The companion episode page has the current summary and availability.

This trap is a reading of the fictional episode, not a transcript or a real workplace report.

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