🧠 Practice Only – Not for Submission

💬 AI Feedback Required

🎯 What You’ll Do

In this activity, you’ll practice reviewing an incomplete task and identifying what’s already confirmed and safe to act on. You’ll decide what low-risk step you can take now to keep the work moving, without waiting for every answer. This helps you build momentum, show sound judgment, and take initiative the XP way.

📘 Instructions

1. Read the scenario below. Use it to decide what’s clear and what you can do next.

You’ve confirmed that your client wants to restart a recurring sync with a key stakeholder. You sent a follow-up to check if the old time (Friday 9am) still works, but haven’t received a response. The stakeholder’s calendar is public, and Friday at 9am is still open. You also found the previous meeting deck saved in your team’s shared Google Drive folder. No new updates have come in yet.

1. Use the “Progress Over Perfection” mindset to answer the following questions (2–3 sentences each):
   • What details are already confirmed, reliable, or usable?
   • What low-risk step can you take now to keep the task moving?
   • How does your decision show initiative, without going too far?
2. Be specific. Avoid waiting or assuming. Focus on what you can do now with the information you have, based on the task’s objective.
3. After writing your responses, use the AI feedback prompt below to strengthen your thinking. This step is required.

🤖 AI Feedback Prompt (Required)

Use an AI tool (like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini) to check your work by using the prompt below:

I’m preparing to become an Executive Partner at Athena. I just completed an activity where I reviewed a partially defined task and identified what was clear enough to act on. I used the “Progress Over Perfection” mindset to help me decide what I could move forward without overstepping.

Scenario:

My client wants to restart a recurring sync with a key stakeholder. I followed up to confirm if the old time still works, but haven’t heard back. The stakeholder’s calendar shows Friday at 9am is open, and the old meeting deck is available in our shared Google Drive. There are no new updates.

Here are my responses:

[Paste your 3–5 bullet points here]

• What’s confirmed…
• My low-risk next step is…
• Why I chose to act (and not overstep)…

Please give me feedback on:

1. Did I clearly identify what’s usable and reliable in this scenario?
2. Is my next step safe, helpful, and aligned with the task’s purpose?
3. How can I improve the clarity, confidence, or professionalism in how I explain my decision?

Analyze the feedback: How can this feedback help me to improve my output? What from the feedback do I want to keep or toss?