Leadership & People
A Decision I Didn't Make
The AI policy email went out Monday morning. Sameer thinks it's surveillance. You argued against parts of it in the managers' call and lost.
- You
- Delivery Team Lead
- Across the table
- Sameer Kulkarni, Senior Developer, Arka Digital Services
He speaks first.
I've read the policy four times. I understand the market logic, I'm not a child. But logging every prompt I write, and grading me on how much of my work a tool did, that is not engineering, and you know my work better than anyone here. Before we talk about any of it, I want to know one thing. Do you even agree with this?
The brief comes after you sign in.
The situation
The policy went out at 9.
Monday's email, company-wide, from the CEO: an AI-first delivery policy, effective immediately. Sameer Kulkarni, your senior developer, reads it as surveillance. You argued against parts of it in the managers' call. You lost.
You lead a delivery team of eight at Arka Digital Services. The decision is not yours. The conversation with Sameer is.
- The policy is already live.
- You disagreed with parts of it, and that is known.
- He thinks the tool is there to watch him.
The session
About twenty minutes.
You sign in with your email, read the brief, and have the conversation. A short reflection comes first. Then the coaching debrief, on what you did. The transcript stays with the session. You do not see a score.
- Email sign-in
- Coaching debrief
- Up to 22 turns
Before you start
What people ask.
Who am I in this conversation?
You're the Delivery Team Lead rolling out a policy you didn't write. Sameer Kulkarni is a senior developer who trusts you and hates the email. You get the full brief after you sign in.
Do I need change management experience to practise this?
No. The brief explains the policy and your team's reaction. You're practising disagree-and-commit when you're the face of a decision you didn't make.
What do I leave with?
A transcript of what you actually said, and a coaching debrief on what it cost you. You answer a short reflection before that debrief appears. You do not see a score.
Can a team run the same scenario?
Yes. Each person gets their own conversation. A pilot is how a cohort starts: same brief, separate transcripts, one place for the programme lead to read them.
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