The afternoon

Hackathon time.

Two hours. Your crew. Brainstorm. Experiment. Demo.

Two ways to win

Steal time back
Save time.
Automate the laborious admin. Hours returned, every week.
The big score
Add value.
Improve something — a better pitch, a faster placement.

What you can build — the five rungs

1Chatask, get one answer
2Promptreuse a good instruction
3Projecta space that remembers
4Skill / GPTa tool you build once
5Automationit runs without you
◀ Rung 1 spends AI — one answer, gone. Every rung up compounds — build once, benefit forever ▶

Three rules — at every rung

1
GDPR always
Never real candidate or client data. Roles, not names.
2
Company tools only
ChatGPT and Claude — the accounts you’ve been given.
3
Humans decide
AI supports the shortlist. A person makes the call on any person.

Higher the rung, bigger the blast radius. Climb deliberately.

How the afternoon runs

1
Case it
find the one task worth it
2
Ideate
dream it, then shrink it
3
Prove it
build the smallest proof
4
Present it
90 seconds, on the clock

Every crew pitches. Ninety seconds each.

Ch. 10 · The brief