Playbook

The structure behind the room.

This is the working system behind Joe's team sessions. Not a canned workshop script. A facilitation playbook that helps mixed-experience teams get practical with AI, surface the work that matters, and leave with a next-step path they can actually use.

The playbook is a living system, not a one-off deck.

The session stays human in the room, but it is built from repeatable, composable parts. Click through the levels to see how they fit together.

Composition Model
12 arcs·28 plays·86 moves

Session arcs are the high-level shape of the room. Each arc is a progression designed for a specific kind of movement — from opening to surfacing to landing.

Arcs
Opening Discovery Landing Alignment Deep Dive Retrospective
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Plays
First Contact Calibration Warm-Up
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Moves
Prompt Pairing Quick Win Temp Check

Plays are reusable facilitation patterns. Each one is a structured activity designed to move a group from hesitation or vagueness into shared insight.

Opening Play

First Contact

Get hands on immediately. Lower resistance by making the first AI interaction simple, fun, and relevant to the room.

Discovery Play

Workflow Mapping

Surface where real time goes. Help the team see their own workflows clearly enough to spot where AI could change the equation.

Discovery Play

Use-Case Generation

Move from vague possibility to a ranked list of specific opportunities the team generated themselves.

Landing Play

Path Building

Turn the session into a next-step path with owners, timelines, and a realistic view of what to do first.

Moves are the smallest unit: prompts, reframes, timing choices, and group-management tactics. They keep people engaged without losing direction.

Engage
Prompt Pairing Quick Win Demo Role-Based Challenge Guided Prompt Lab
Read
Temperature Check Skill Spectrum Concern Surfacing Readiness Filter
Surface
Workflow Mapping Use-Case Generation Friction Log Opportunity Ranking
Land
Path Building Owner Assignment Next-Step Framing Commitment Check

Assets are the artifacts a session produces. They turn the work in the room into something the team can take back to leadership and act on afterward.

Asset

Readiness Snapshot

An honest read of where the team actually stands. Built from what surfaces in the room, not from a survey score.

Asset

Use-Case Backlog

Workflows and opportunities the team generated themselves, ranked by value, effort, and fit.

Asset

Adoption Roadmap

A practical path with priorities, owners, and a realistic view of what to do first, later, or not at all.

Asset

Session Summary

A short write-up of what happened in the room, what the team decided, and what comes next. Useful for anyone who was not there.

Want to see if this fits your team?

Drop Joe a note with a sentence or two about your team's situation. He will reply with whether a discovery call, a team session, or something else makes the most sense.