Back to Digests Week of March 15 - March 21, 2026

Week of March 15 - March 21, 2026

Goals Finalized + LAUSD Opportunity + Stacked Thursday

Weekly Focus

  • Thursday is a monster — 4 back-to-back meetings (Josh 1:1, SofIA, CRAFT, LAUSD Foundation). Prep earlier in the week.
  • Josh in Michigan Mon-Wed (Mar 16-18) — Reuben solo. Use the space for deep work + prep.
  • Health Coach Bot Regroup (Wed 9am) — first follow-up since Mar 3 meeting. Priya Talreja now involved.
  • LAUSD Foundation (Thu 3pm) — Isabelle invited. District-level Flash Lab opportunity. Goal 2+3.
  • SAL All-Hands (Tue 10am) — Isabelle hosting, 100+ attendees. Gregory Wilson attending (Tinkery connection).
  • AI Comic Studio Log Data (Wed 2pm) — Cathy + Marisol Liu. Export Feb data beforehand.

This Week’s Calendar

Day Time Event Prep Needed?
Mon 3/16 2:30 PM Rachel + Reuben Chat (Zoom) VFT catch-up. Share moderation policy progress.
Mon 3/16 — Josh in Michigan (all day Mon-Wed) Deep work day otherwise.
Tue 3/17 8:00 AM Chiropractor Personal
Tue 3/17 10:00 AM SAL All-Hands In-person: ANKO/Shriram III. Zoom available. Bagels. Gregory Wilson on attendee list.
Tue 3/17 11:00 AM AS:DE Meeting Josh remote from Michigan. Abbreviated?
Tue 3/17 Evening Christyl concert Be available
Tue 3/17 6:30 PM CAP Hemet
Wed 3/18 9:00 AM Regroup: Build-a-Bot HC YES — review Mar 3 action items. Priya Talreja joining. With Marily, Michele, Priya.
Wed 3/18 10:00 AM GSE All-Staff Meeting IT spotlight + new Sr. Associate Dean Olivia Crawford
Wed 3/18 2:00 PM AI Comic Studio Log Data YES — export Feb data for Cathy before meeting. With Cathy Chase, Marisol Liu.
Wed 3/18 6:00 PM CAP Check-in with Jonathan Personal
Thu 3/19 9:00 AM AOPA Know.Learn.Fly. webinar Optional (aviation)
Thu 3/19 10:00 AM Josh<>Reuben 1:1 YES — special sauce debrief, tag analysis plan, LAUSD same-day prep, OTL update
Thu 3/19 12:30 PM Studio Services / SofIA design team Moraima, Cathy, Joe, Josh, Sergio, Micaela
Thu 3/19 2:00 PM CRAFT Team Meeting Check craft-general Slack morning-of. Christine Bywater, Victor Lee, others.
Thu 3/19 3:00 PM LAUSD Foundation YES — create prep file. Research LAUSD Foundation + what Flash Lab looks like for a major district. Isabelle, Josh, Sadie Jefferson, Larry Corio (ASU), Dominic Caguioa (LAUSD).
Fri 3/20 2:00 PM Weekly Personal Review —

Key Prep Items

LAUSD Foundation (Thu 3/19 3pm) — HIGHEST PRIORITY

What this is: Isabelle invited Reuben. “LAUSD might want to do something with Flash Lab.” This is a district-level opportunity — LAUSD is the second-largest school district in the US.

Attendees:

  • Sadie Jefferson — LAUSD Foundation (sadie@lausdedfoundation.org)
  • Larry Corio — ASU (lcorio@asu.edu) — unclear role, possibly ASU partnership angle
  • Dominic Caguioa — LAUSD (dbc4785@lausd.net)
  • Isabelle Hau — SAL Executive Director
  • Josh Weiss — Director, Accelerator Studio

Prep needed (do Mon-Wed):

  • Research LAUSD Foundation — who are they, what PD do they fund?
  • Research Larry Corio / ASU connection — what’s the relationship?
  • Prepare Flash Lab offering for district context (use Three Personas framework from special sauce doc)
  • Pull pricing context: $7,500/day ISTE CLS rate, $5K baseline from market research
  • This maps to Goal 2 (strategic influence) + Goal 3 (scaling)
  • Create prep file: prep/2026-03-19-lausd-foundation.md

Health Coach Bot Regroup (Wed 3/18 9am)

What this is: Follow-up from Mar 3 meeting. Priya Talreja now in the loop.

Open action items from Mar 3:

  • Build Prompt Lab (not started)
  • Confirm data storage location (Firebase?)
  • Add motivational content + 93 behavior change techniques
  • Make “About Me” section clearer
  • Add RAG links for chosen blocks
  • Explore data export + anonymized summary reports
  • Build-a-Bot save bug (blocks not persisting)
  • Waiting: Marily/Michele to send articles

What to bring: Status update on action items. Frame what BaB validation looks like for this study (from Mar 10 AS:DE discussion — “what does Reuben want to see happen that evaluates the value of BaB?”).

AI Comic Studio Log Data (Wed 3/18 2pm)

What this is: Meeting with Cathy Chase and Marisol Liu about AI Comic Studio log data.

Before the meeting:

  • Export AI Comic Studio data from February (action item from Mar 13 Slack)
  • Review LabGPT condition bleed status — Cathy may ask about this too

Josh 1:1 (Thu 3/19 10am)

Agenda:

  1. Special sauce article reflection — prep file done (prep/2026-03-19-flash-lab-special-sauce.md). Key insight: vibecoding is tool-centered, Flash Lab is human-centered. “Vibecoding is phase 2 of Flash Lab.” Test this framing with Josh.
  2. Tag analysis plan — need to write up 3-month rollout. AI-analyze Airtable, manual review, confident data by July. Josh wants slow and steady.
  3. OTL update — WSA path confirmed, Brooke following up with Geoff Cox + YouCubed. Next: develop proprietary TTT materials.
  4. LAUSD Foundation — same-day meeting at 3pm. Quick alignment on posture/positioning.
  5. CRM survey questions — draft status (not yet written). Josh waiting for async review.
  6. Airtable — March entries needed before end-of-month meeting.

CRAFT Team Meeting (Thu 3/19 2pm)

  • Check craft-general Slack channel morning-of for agenda/context
  • Christine Bywater organizing. Victor Lee, Preetha Menon, Victoria Delaney, Joba Adisa, Bernardo Silveira attending.
  • Christine is in Germany (went Mar 8) — may or may not be back

SAL All-Hands (Tue 3/17 10am)

  • Isabelle hosting. ANKO Building, Shriram III. Zoom option.
  • 100+ attendees — all of SAL. Bagels in-person.
  • Notable attendees: Gregory Wilson II (Tinkery), Chris Agnew (ISTE research articles contact), Candace Thille (coffee still unscheduled), Keith Bowen, Sarah Williams-Habibi, Victor Lee, Christine Bywater, Dan Schwartz
  • Reuben likely attending via Zoom (remote)

Look Ahead: Week of March 22-28

Date Event Notes
Mon 3/23 Prep + P.I. Prep + HOLD P.I. 10-11:15am block
Mon 3/23 Studio Services + Crisprkit team (3:30pm) tEquity Seed Grant. Moraima, Belinda Yeung, Cathy, Alex Choi, Joe, Josh, Maren, Matthew Borg.
Tue 3/24 AS:DE Meeting (11am) Regular team meeting
Wed 3/25 Stanford Open Minds (1-4pm) 3-hour block
Thu 3/26 Josh<>Reuben 1:1 (10am)  
Thu 3/26 Weekly Personal Review (2pm)  

March 30 on-campus: Tinkery Flash Lab confirmed. Also Lake Forest visit (Mar 31 - Apr 1) with Christine Bywater. Travel already booked.

End-of-month meeting coming up — start gathering material for activity review, trends, stories, process discussion.

Daily Log

Sunday, March 15

  • Isabelle emailed about ISTE next steps: track Jo Boaler’s contract for summer camps (most relevant precedent), use service contract (“developed by Stanford Accelerator for Learning”), hybrid pricing (training fee + revenue share), Olivia Crawford can sign off.
  • Isabelle invited Reuben + Josh to deliver Flash Lab at DCI Community Celebration June 5 (2:30-4:30pm)

Monday, March 16

  • Josh in Michigan. One meeting: Rachel + Reuben Chat (2:30pm)
  • Josh responded to DCI Celebration: can’t do June 3-5, asks if Reuben can do it solo or with helper
  • Josh asks Reuben to set up Christine Bywater meeting re: Lake Forest PD (Christine slacked Mar 13)
  • Sarah Williams-Habibi: thank-you for VFT moderation architecture — passing to Howard for implementation
  • Cathy Chase introduced Marisol Liu (visiting grad student) for AI Comic Studio log data analysis

Tuesday, March 17

  • [Not yet recorded]

Wednesday, March 18

  • [Not yet recorded]

Thursday, March 19

  • [Not yet recorded]

Friday, March 20

  • [Not yet recorded]

Saturday, March 21

  • [Not yet recorded]

Previous Week’s Accomplishments (Mar 8-14)

  • OTL meeting (Mar 9) — Two-tier IP model confirmed. Open-source workshop materials + proprietary TTT content. Services agreement (WSA) path, not formal IP license. [SCALE-MOMENT]
  • AS:DE meeting (Mar 10) — Flash Lab basic vs deluxe discussion, Health Coach Bot framing, Stage 2 seed grant funding secured (confidential), Crystal conference forwarded
  • Josh 1:1 (Mar 12) — SMART goals finalized: Goal 2 = two publishable case studies by Q2, Goal 3 = 1.5x engagement + 2 partners by Q2. Flash Lab rename/special sauce conversation started. Tag analysis plan direction agreed.
  • ISTE Live attendance agreed — Reuben should go (end of June)
  • Flash Lab special sauce analysis written — comprehensive strategic positioning doc (prep/2026-03-19-flash-lab-special-sauce.md). Six differentiators identified. Key frame: “vibecoding is phase 2 of Flash Lab.”
  • Copyright notice + Terms of Use added to designkit.stanford.edu
  • Cat Nostrand email drafted
  • Apr 2-3 off requested (Micah birthday + camping)

Action Items Status

Critical This Week

  • [x] Create LAUSD Foundation prep file — prep/2026-03-19-lausd-foundation.md with full attendee research Done: Mar 13
  • Respond to Isabelle re: DCI Celebration June 5 — Can Reuben do Flash Lab solo? Josh unavailable. High-visibility ask.
  • Set up Christine Bywater + Josh meeting — Lake Forest PD touchbase (Christine slacked Mar 13)
  • Export AI Comic Studio data from February for Cathy — before Wed 2pm meeting
  • Review Health Coach Bot action items — status for Wed 9am regroup
  • Write tag analysis plan — 3-month rollout for Josh

In Progress

  • CRM survey questions draft — Josh waiting for async review
  • ISTE due diligence — PL landscape, revenue potential
  • Health Coach Bot: Prompt Lab, BCT content, data storage, save bug
  • Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe components)
  • Proprietary TTT materials development (from OTL meeting)
  • ISTE service contract — Isabelle recommends hybrid model (training fee + revenue share). Track Jo Boaler’s summer camp contract as precedent.

This Week If Time

  • Register for ISTE Live 2026
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa (NewSchools) re: Flash Lab
  • Ask Joe about evidence deliverable format
  • Draft CRM survey questions
  • Frame BaB validation for Health Coach Bot study
  • Reschedule dentist (Tiffany) — Apr 15 conflicts with Crystal Springs PD

Waiting On

  • Brooke (OTL): Follow up with Geoff Cox + YouCubed for precedent
  • Christine: Lake Forest visit schedule (Mar 30 - Apr 1) — she slacked, set up meeting
  • Marily/Michele: Behavior change research articles
  • Josh: CRM survey questions feedback (once drafted)
  • Jessica Garner: ISTE online course preview access
  • Josh: Track Jo Boaler’s summer camp contract (for ISTE precedent)

Airtable Status

Last batch update: Mar 3 (Feb 2026 entries — 12 records) March entries needed: Accumulating. Key activities to capture: OTL meeting, goals finalized, special sauce analysis, Leon Furze connection, moderator bot for Sarah, copyright notice on designkit. Reminder: Monthly entries due before end-of-month meeting (last week of March). Start building the list.

Stories/Impact to Capture

  • OTL two-tier IP model — first formal IP licensing conversation for Flash Lab. Stanford keeps IP, services agreement structure. [SCALE-MOMENT] [STUDIO-BUILD]
  • SMART goals finalized — publishable case studies + 1.5x engagement growth targets set with Josh. [ALIGN]
  • Flash Lab special sauce analysis — strategic positioning against vibecoding trend. [REFRAME] [THOUGHT-PARTNER]
  • LAUSD Foundation interest (if meeting goes well) — second-largest US district exploring Flash Lab. [SCALE-MOMENT] [BRIDGE-BUILD]
  • Stage 2 seed grant funding secured (confidential) — 6-figure funding for select projects. [STUDIO-BUILD]
  • DCI Celebration Flash Lab (if confirmed June 5) — Isabelle directly requesting. DCI fellows from early cohorts. [VALUE-VISIBLE] [MULTIPLIER]
  • VFT moderation architecture — Sarah passing Reuben’s design to Howard for implementation. [ADVISE] [TOOLBOX]
  • ISTE service contract advancing — Isabelle recommending hybrid pricing model, Olivia Crawford to sign. [SCALE-MOMENT]

Goals Progress Snapshot

Goal Status This Week
1. Comms & Values On track Tag analysis plan direction agreed. Monthly entries due soon.
2. Strategic Influence Exceeding SMART goal finalized (2 case studies by Q2). OTL confirmed WSA path. LAUSD opportunity emerging.
3. Scalable Capacity Strong SMART goal finalized (1.5x growth + 2 partners). ISTE Live confirmed. Tinkery Mar 30 confirmed.
4. Sustainable Practices Reflective + mental solid Special sauce doc = reflective practice in action. Physical routine still absent.

Created: 2026-03-13 (Friday weekly review) Updated: 2026-03-16 (Monday daily prep)

Source: week-of-2026-03-15.md