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Daily Prep: Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Clean focus day — no work meetings. Everything on the calendar today is personal (Sage Stage/100x, NeoLens, Trevor, Rich Stearns, CAP), covered by the HOLD Sage block 10am–2pm. This is the day to clear the end-of-month tail and the overdue Strategic Horizon. New today: Reuben wants to extract the Build-a-Bot train-the-trainer system into a reusable “Building a Train-the-Trainer Project” guide (CRISPRkit wants an “Ambassador” program) — likely the main build of the day.

Open Threads from Yesterday (May 26)

(Yesterday’s ISTE↔SAL + AS:DE end-of-month wrap-up both happened; notes filed.)

  • 🆕 CRISPRkit “Ambassador” program → reusable TTT guide. CRISPRkit team wants an Ambassador program that looks like the Build-a-Bot train-the-trainer setup. Reuben wants to extract how we did it into an easy-to-follow “Building a Train-the-Trainer Project” guide. Connects directly to yesterday’s decision to document repeatable Studio offerings (Fizzy #114).
  • End-of-month Airtable tail (left for follow-up): Ramirez + CRISPRkit May touchpoints → seed-grantee tracking (Project Support Tracking base).
  • June 11 room booking (Sound Union) — owner still unresolved (me vs. Joe vs. admin). Open question to Reuben.
  • Joe’s media items (example media library, video formats) — left as Joe’s; confirm.
  • Strategic Horizon refresh — overdue from April; this week’s clean focus window is today.
  • Cyan DeVeaux — commit-or-pause, still unresolved (5+ weeks).
  • ✅ DCI travel booked — flying in Thu Jun 4, Build-a-Bot with Christine in Redwood City (SMCOE PD) Thu, DCI Flash Lab Fri. Also resolves Christine’s Jun 4–5 availability email.
  • Wen (MyBook) reply still owed; SofIA security doc + review Micaela’s flows (May 23).

Today’s Calendar

No work meetings. Stanford calendar shows only HOLD Sage 10:00 AM–2:00 PM PT — a personal cover block (Sage Stage / 100x). Protected focus time.

(Personal-calendar items omitted per standing rule: Sage Stage, NeoLens Tech Catch-Up, Reuben↔Trevor, Rich Stearns/Distilling Wisdom, CAP.)

Email Action Items

No new email today. Carryover still owed: Wen (MyBook stuck), Micaela (SofIA flows ready to review), Christine (SMCOE PD June 4–5 availability — note June 5 = DCI).

Slack Catch-Up

Scanned 7-day unreads (126 channels). No actionable DMs or @mentions from Josh/Joe/Isabelle or active collaborators. All stale channel chatter. Nothing needs a response.

Reminders

No overdue / due-today items. Claude-ToDo holds the same 5 carried system/aspirational items (exec-assistant tooling ideas, Amazon Business check) — personal, triage on personal laptop. Claude list unchanged.

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md is empty. Nothing to route.

Today’s Priorities (Top 5)

  1. 🆕 Build the “Building a Train-the-Trainer Project” guide — extract the Build-a-Bot TTT system into a reusable, easy-to-follow playbook (CRISPRkit Ambassador program is the trigger). Feeds the repeatable-offerings catalog (Fizzy #114).
  2. Egencia DCI June 5 booking — ✅ done. Trip is Thu Jun 4 (SMCOE Build-a-Bot w/ Christine, Redwood City) + Fri Jun 5 (DCI Flash Lab).
  3. Strategic Horizon refresh — overdue from April; use the clean focus day.
  4. End-of-month Airtable tail — Ramirez + CRISPRkit → seed-grantee tracking.
  5. Cyan commit-or-pause + Wen MyBook reply + SofIA security doc — clear the stale owed items.

🟡 Manual sync owed: the workshops Google Sheet (the one shared with Josh) needs the two new June rows pushed up from reference/workshops.csv. Tracked as Fizzy #119 [admin].

Full task queue: see action-items.md (not duplicated here)

Cadence Checks

  • Timecard: Next deadline May 31 (~4 days). Submit via Axess this week.
  • End-of-month Airtable: 8 Macro records done; tail items above. Essentially handled.
  • Strategic Horizon: Last week of month → refresh due (and overdue from April).
  • Travel — DCI June 5: ✅ booked. Thu Jun 4 SMCOE Build-a-Bot in Redwood City w/ Christine, Fri Jun 5 DCI Flash Lab.
  • Fizzy Maybe: 3 cards (incl. yesterday’s #114–118 strategy/ISTE items) — triage on the board.

Session Notes

(Added through the day.)

Generated: 2026-05-27 morning. Focus day — no meetings. Main build: the train-the-trainer guide. Secondary: DCI booking + Strategic Horizon + end-of-month Airtable tail.

Source: daily/2026-05-27.md