Case Reviews
The twelve-week teaching schedule: what happens in each case review, what to prepare, and what leaves the room.
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Orientation
The first case review — naming a real situation in the model's terms before the model has given you any terms to name it with
Week 1 · 22 February 2027
First price check
Applying the front-end/back-end split to last week's cases — what did the first signal actually price?
Week 2 · 1 March 2027
The reliability audit
Turning "they're flaky" or "they're solid" into an actual rate, computed from your case's last five to ten interactions
Week 3 · 8 March 2027
Balance sheet workshop
Pricing your case's dependency across all five line items separately, instead of as one number called "how attached I am"
Week 4 · 15 March 2027
The specificity test
Checking whether your case has crossed the line from fungible to specific provision, before you write it up for the position paper
Week 5 · 22 March 2027
Trust test design
Auditing who initiates the small reversible tests in your case, and who only ever responds to one
Week 6 · 29 March 2027
The commitment memo
Writing down which of the three stalled-gate diagnoses fits your case, and what evidence supports it
Week 7 · 5 April 2027
Situationship clinic
Classifying stalled cases in the room against the three named failure modes, and proposing the specific fix each one implies
Week 8 · 12 April 2027
Contract drafting
Naming which of the four contract types each case is actually operating under, versus which one each party might assume it is
Week 9 · 19 April 2027
Signal versus self-report
Scoring your case on all seven behavioural signals over the last month, instead of asking how things are going
Week 10 · 26 April 2027
Stress test
Naming a stop-loss condition for your case before you need one, and drafting the standing procedure your Black Swan Protocol falls back on
Week 11 · 3 May 2027
Portfolio close-out
A last full read of your case against every variable from the semester, before writing the final audit
Week 12 · 10 May 2027