START HERE
Preview · September 28, 2026
If it didn’t start, download the AI Playbook.
Run it now
- Pick one piece of work. The one with too much riding on it to afford a miss.
- Open an AI chat in thinking or reasoning mode. I’ve tested it successfully with ChatGPT, Claude and Grok. For now, I don’t recommend Gemini: despite extensive testing across its models and modes, it skips or changes steps in ways that undermine the result.
- Upload the Markdown file, then copy and paste this into the prompt field:
Run the Value Delivery Check with me, one question at a time. Follow the playbook exactly. Don’t answer the questions for me.
If it starts answering for you, say: Back to the playbook.
Allow about 25 minutes. You finish with your own record and a Best Next Step.
Prefer to work by hand? Get the workbook.
START HERE
Preview · September 28, 2026
If it didn’t start, download the workbook.
Run it by hand
- Print the complete workbook at 100% on US Letter paper.
- Pick one piece of work and grab a pen or your favorite writing tool. The one with too much riding on it to afford a miss.
- Line up someone you trust to read your answers, then begin with Start here.
Allow about 25 minutes of your time, split around an outside read from someone you trust.
Prefer to use AI? Get the AI Playbook.
VALUE DELIVERY CHECK
Start your Value Delivery Check.
One check. Two ways to run it.
With AI
Preview · September 28, 2026
Upload the Markdown Playbook to your own AI chat, in thinking or reasoning mode. Allow about 25 minutes.
I’ve tested it successfully with ChatGPT, Claude and Grok. For now, I don’t recommend Gemini: despite extensive testing across its models and modes, it skips or changes steps in ways that undermine the result.
By hand
Preview · September 28, 2026
Print the workbook and work through it with a pen or your favorite writing tool. Allow about 25 minutes of your time, split around an outside read from someone you trust.
Not sure? Start with AI.
How did it go?
If something didn’t work as expected, or you have a question about the check, write to questions@valuesmith.com. If you want to tell me what worked, what didn’t or what would make it more useful, I’d like to hear that too. Sharing is always your choice.
The Value Delivery Check page always has the current version.
Sometimes the situation needs another read.
If another read would help, bring me your Value Delivery Check.
We’ll spend about 25 minutes reading the situation together: what you captured, what came back and the move in front of you.
It’s a dialogue, not a pitch.
Your check is complete. This is here if you want it.
Outsider perspective. Insider experience.