# Module 01: How Claude Thinks
## Demo: Three Versions of the Same Question

Use these three prompts live in front of the room. Send each one to Claude, one at a time. Project the results. Let the audience see how dramatically the output changes based on how you frame the request.

The underlying question is the same: "What should we do about employee turnover?"

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### VERSION A: The Search Query
```
employee turnover solutions
```

**What to expect:** Claude will produce a generic listicle. Five to eight bullet points pulled from common knowledge. Nothing wrong with it. Nothing useful either. It reads like the first page of Google results.

**Teaching point:** This is how most people use Claude on day one. They treat it like a search bar. The output reflects that.

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### VERSION B: The Vague Request
```
We're having trouble keeping people. Any ideas?
```

**What to expect:** Claude will try harder here. It will ask clarifying questions or produce broad suggestions. The tone will shift toward helpful-but-generic. It may assume you're a manager. It may not.

**Teaching point:** Better, but Claude is guessing at your situation. It has no context about your industry, company size, what "trouble" means, or what you've already tried. The output stays surface-level because the input gave it nothing to grip.

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### VERSION C: The Structured Prompt
```
You are an HR strategist advising a 200-person manufacturing company in the Midwest. We've lost 34 employees in the last 12 months, mostly from our second-shift production floor. Exit interviews cite three recurring themes: inconsistent scheduling, lack of advancement opportunities, and a feeling of being "invisible" to management. Our budget for retention initiatives is approximately $150K annually.

Analyze these three exit interview themes and recommend specific, implementable retention strategies. For each strategy, include: what it addresses, estimated cost, timeline to implement, and how we would measure whether it's working.
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**What to expect:** Claude will produce a structured analysis with specific recommendations tied to each theme. It will respect the budget constraint. The recommendations will feel like they were written for this company, not for a textbook.

**Teaching point:** Same underlying question. Radically different output. The difference is context, specificity, and structure. Claude's reasoning improves when you give it something real to reason about.

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## Debrief Questions for the Room

1. Which version would you actually use in a meeting with your leadership team?
2. What information did Version C include that Versions A and B lacked?
3. How long did it take to write Version C? Was the extra minute worth it?
4. Where in your own work are you currently sending Version A prompts?