Resolve Conflicting Business Directives

The problem

Teams frequently stall when they receive contradictory instructions from different departments like Finance, Legal, and Operations. Without a clear path to reconcile these directives, projects freeze or, worse, proceed with unmanaged risk and liability.

What it does

• Analyzes conflicting business instructions, policies, and contracts to identify exactly where requirements overlap or contradict.
• Classifies directives by authority level, separating mandatory external requirements from internal preferences or informal requests.
• Defines a safe interim position to protect assets, data, and compliance while a final resolution is pending.
• Generates a single, executable replacement directive that supersedes old instructions and provides clear implementation controls.
• Identifies specific evidence gaps and creates targeted clarification questions for executive or specialist stakeholders.

Why this beats prompting it yourself

General prompts often default to the "most recent" or "most senior" instruction, ignoring complex legal or safety prerequisites. This skill applies a rigid organizational authority model that prevents senior titles from accidentally overriding mandatory specialist holds or financial controls.

Use cases

• Resolving conflicts between CEO growth targets and Finance spend controls.
• Managing production restarts after safety failures when operations and engineering disagree on repair adequacy.
• Reconciling customer service promises with legal liability constraints and privacy policies.
• Aligning global corporate procedures with conflicting local operational workarounds.

Known limitations

Cannot independently access private systems, verify verbal claims, or issue legally binding opinions. It requires the user to supply the relevant documents, policies, or message exports for analysis.