The "Black Mirror" Session
The Crisis
It is 3 years after your launch. Your startup was a massive success. But today, an investigative journalist just leaked a scandal that threatens to destroy your company.
Every technology has a dark side. You must find yours before the market does.
Your team must strip away the marketing hype and ask:
01 Your Task
Identify the one critical failure in your Utopia from the following categories:
The Addiction
Did you rewire the user's brain so they can't function without you?
The Divide
Did you create a massive gap between rich and poor?
The Data
Are you selling your users' most private thoughts/movements?
The Bias
Does your AI discriminate against a specific group unintentionally?
02 The Deliverable
"The Leaked Memo"
Write a 1-page Internal Confidential Memo
(from the CTO to the CEO)
THE CRISIS
Admit what is actually happening (the truth you hid from the public).
THE MITIGATION
How do we fix this technically or operationally to save the company?