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Text-based Storyboard — Desk Zero

Kit 19 · Desk Zero · deliverable · designed and built by I Wayan Usada · fictional composite (Vanleeuw & Partners, its GLA team and every SOP clause are invented)

Design premise

The lane is a rule, not a mood. Revised after the build so it matches what ships: the 2D inbox and the 3D desk both read desk-data.js.

Flow per email

  1. Lift and read the request (3D: the sheet moves from the in-tray to the middle of the desk).
  2. Open the SOP binder to the clause that governs it. Twelve clauses, with look-alikes side by side: 4.1 waitlist moves / 4.2 enrolment conflicts, 5.1 expired invitations / 5.3 provisioning errors, 6.1 completion records / 6.4 data-subject requests, 7.1 pending confirmations / 7.3 late cancellation with rebooking, 9.1 full-session exceptions / 9.2 senior-leader requests with free seats.
  3. Cite the clause. The lane buttons (3D: the trays) stay locked until a clause is cited.
  4. File it: SOLVE, ESCALATE or DOCUMENT. Filed once; no retry until it lands right (the old 3D returned misfiled emails to the tray, so it could be brute-forced).
  5. Feedback: right lane and clause, right lane with the wrong clause, or the lane and clause with what goes wrong on the lane you chose.

The eight emails

#EmailLaneClauseLook-alike trap
1Two people, one seatESCALATE4.24.1 waitlist move: but no seat is free
2GLA cancellation batchSOLVE7.1escalating back to the team that asked
3“Not provisioned” inviteESCALATE5.35.1 resend: it is not an expired link
4Which “difficult conversations” moduleDOCUMENT2.6answering from memory, no FAQ log
5Director wants a seat in a full sessionESCALATE9.19.2 senior-leader requests: only with free seats
6GDPR question about assessment dataESCALATE6.46.1 transcript question
7Late cancellation, rebook to JanuarySOLVE7.37.1 pending confirmations
8Vendor early-bird renewalDOCUMENT8.2“reply to confirm” is a spend commitment

Then write it down (LO3)

After the eight, the learner writes the escalation note to the L&D Lead for email 5, using the LMS facts shown. A four-item rubric follows (clause cited, facts stated, decision and time named, no promise or judgement); the clause is auto-checked, the rest is self-assessed, and a model note is shown.

Scoring

Lane 1 + clause 1 per email, max 16, pass 14. Routing within 5 seconds of opening is flagged, never penalised (the earlier 2D halved the points for rushed answers while its own text said the timer never penalises). Pattern: hero mode (solving escalations), escalitis (escalating what the desk owns), or a defensible desk.

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