Free companion · ASQ BOSCON 2026

Quality at the speed of AI. Fast is fun. Trusted is the win.

Seven laps. Four robots in the pit crew. One human who waves the flag.

Play the icebreaker, find the seven problems, meet Gage, Pilot, Sentry and Scribe, then name your own crew.

Start the Warm-Up Meet the pit crew

Beth Griffith, AIC, BAP, GIP, HIC, LEED, RenegAIDE Collective

Start here

Six steps, about an hour

Do them in order, or jump to the one the speaker calls. Everything saves on your device.

Open your AIOpen the AI you use most in another tab: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek or Claude. Keep it open. Turn memory or chat history on if you can.Go to the Warm-Up →
Play the Warm-Up roundsTap Round 1, then Copy this prompt, and paste it into your AI. Rounds 1 to 3 follow the speaker. About 3 minutes each. No history? Use the profile template.Open Round 1 →
Find the seven problemsTap every cell in the inspection log that looks wrong, then tap Check my flags. Swipe the table sideways on a phone.Open the log →
Walk the oval, then meet and name your crewTap each Plan, Do, Check, Act stop to open it (laps 3 and 4 together). Then read the four pit-crew cards and do Round 4: paste the prompt into your AI and write the four names it gives you in the naming ceremony.Meet the crew →
Fill your worksheet and take it with youType or tap Mic and talk. Tap Copy my worksheet and paste it into your notes or an email to yourself.Open the worksheet →

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Lap 0 · The Warm-Up

Four icebreaker rounds

Open the AI you use most: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek or Claude. Memory or chat history on gives richer results. Share only what you are comfortable with. No client or employer data. No history? Use the profile template.

Your moveTap a round, tap Copy this prompt, switch to your AI and paste. Read what it says about you out loud to a neighbor.

Warm-Up lap 1

Round 1: Your past (Your first trading card)

Look back as far as your memory of me goes, to the very first conversations we ever had. Using only that earliest period: 1) Create an image that captures who I seemed to be and what I cared about back then. 2) Write a one-page synopsis of that earlier me: what I asked about, what I was working on, what I was curious or worried about, and the tone I used. Tell me roughly what date range you are drawing on. If you do not have that history, say so plainly and do not invent it.

Open your AI first, then paste. No memory? Use the profile template below.

No history? Use the profile template

Here is a short profile of me. Treat it as everything you know. Where I started (first job, first big project): __ What I do now: __ What I am proud of: __ What I keep putting off: __ What I want more of next year: __

Lap 1 · The Weigh-In

Everyone is racing. Few are winning.

Every car gets weighed before it races. A reading is data; a shipment is a promise.

Share of organizations. Source: McKinsey, The state of AI in 2025. About one-third drawn as 33.

Find the seven problems

Tap every cell you think is wrong. Then check. Profile first, fix second.

On a phone, swipe the table sideways to see every column.

Your moveTap the cells you think are wrong. Aim for seven. Then tap Check my flags.

lot_id	supplier	received	torque_nm	pass_fail	inspector

Illustrative data, made-up values

The oval you already know

Plan, Do, Check, Act

Tap a stop to open it. Each stop has an agent. The human signs.

Your moveOpen each stop. Ask: which of my own processes lives here?

Lap 4 · The Pit Lane

Prompts are great. Agents are better.

A prompt answers once. An agent runs the loop. Collect all four cards.

GAGECalipers · The Garage

Loop stepPLAN: Data

Profiles data: missing, duplicate, stale, biased, mislabeled. Asks the five questions.

Accuracy10

Speed7

Guardrail9

May do aloneFlag and report

Needs your signatureFixing or deleting any record

Test in 30 daysWeek 1: audit one process's data.

PILOTSteering wheel · The Starting Grid

Loop stepDO: Digital tools

Co-pilot that drafts checklists, triages complaints, proposes root-cause questions.

Accuracy8

Speed10

Guardrail8

May do aloneDraft and sort

Needs your signatureScope, severity, cause, closure

Test in 30 daysWeek 2: co-pilot on 5 real cases.

SENTRYBinoculars · The Timing Tower

Loop stepCHECK: Predictive insights

Watches signals for drift, states confidence and evidence, logs each prediction to be scored in 90 days.

Accuracy9

Speed9

Guardrail10

May do aloneAlert and log

Needs your signatureStop the line or not

Test in 30 daysWeek 3: log and score predictions.

SCRIBEQuill · The Podium

Loop stepACT: Better systems

Keeps controlled prompts: title, version, owner, review date, approver, tool version.

Accuracy9

Speed8

Guardrail9

May do aloneDraft revisions

Needs your signatureApproving any change

Test in 30 daysWeek 4: write the controlled prompt.

Earn every rung

ASSIST

AI drafts, you do the work.

AUTOMATE

AI handles routine, you review exceptions.

DECIDE

AI recommends, you sign.

YOU SIGN

A human always waves the flag.

Five guardrails

One job per agent.
A primary and a backup human owner.
A log of every action and the tool version.
A gate before any irreversible step.
An off switch that works.

If you cannot reproduce it, you cannot control it.

Round 4 · Activity

The naming ceremony

Ask your AI to name four agents from what it knows about you. Paste or speak the names here. Three minutes. Then read one out loud.

Your moveRun the Round 4 prompt in your AI. Type or speak the names it gives you here. Then tell the room your first agent's name and its human owner.

Agent 1 name and why it fits

Agent 2 name and why it fits

Agent 3 name and why it fits

Blind-spot watcher: name and why

Human owner of your first agent

Debrief: Who got a name they loved? Read your agent's name out loud. Now: who is its human owner?

Your turn in your sector

Same crew, different track

Tap your sector. These are examples to adapt, not your data.

Your take-away

Your 30 days

Week 1: PLANAudit one process's data (ask Gage).

Week 2: DOCo-pilot on 5 real cases (ask Pilot).

Week 3: CHECKLog and score predictions (ask Sentry).

Week 4: ACTWrite the controlled prompt (ask Scribe).

Your moveAnswer one question per stop. Rough is fine. Then tap Copy my worksheet and keep it.

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0 of 5 answered

PLAN. Which one process or data set will Gage audit first, and who owns that data?

DO. Which task will Pilot draft or sort on five real cases, and what do you decide yourself?

CHECK. What will Sentry predict, and what will you measure in 90 days to score it?

ACT. Which prompt will Scribe control, and who is the approver?

FLAG. Who is the human owner, and who is the backup?

My Quality Grand Prix plan

PLAN. Which one process or data set will Gage audit first, and who owns that data?
(not answered yet)

DO. Which task will Pilot draft or sort on five real cases, and what do you decide yourself?
(not answered yet)

CHECK. What will Sentry predict, and what will you measure in 90 days to score it?
(not answered yet)

ACT. Which prompt will Scribe control, and who is the approver?
(not answered yet)

FLAG. Who is the human owner, and who is the backup?
(not answered yet)

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Sources

The all-green Tuesday story, the inspection log and the control chart in the talk are illustrative, made-up examples.