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Part 52 · Module 9: Communication

Lesson 2: Demos, hard questions and bad news, said out loud

17 min read·13 Oct 2026
Module 9 · Lesson 2 · About 45 minutes · Needs: Module 3 (the target), Module 5 (what the assistant does); basic Python

The situation

Monday 27 April 2026, week 7. The pilot starts on Wednesday 6 May with Joan, Dev and Priti. On Thursday you give two demos of the claims triage assistant. At 10:00, thirty minutes at the claims desk with the three clerks. At 15:00, a ten-minute slot in Carol's operations review, with Rafael, Tom and Viktor in the room.

You also know something nobody has said out loud: Mei's team cuts over the warehouse migration on 6 May, the day the pilot starts. This lesson covers everything you say on Thursday, including that.

WEEK 7 TO WEEK 8 Tue 28 Apr workshop Thu 30 Apr two demos Mon 4 May bank holiday Wed 6 May pilot starts warehouse cutover
Thursday holds both demos (blue); six days later the pilot (green) and the warehouse cutover (red, danger) land on the same day.

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