Knowledge Check

1.

Two people send Cowork the exact same request, yet each one gets back a result shaped around their own projects, contacts, and deadlines. What best explains why one request produces two different, personally relevant results?

Work IQ grounds each request in that person's own mail, files, meetings, and calendar, so the same wording draws on a different body of work for each person.

Cowork adds variety on its own, so repeating a request is expected to return different results each time.

The results differ only because the two people happened to phrase the request with slightly different wording.

2.

You want to hand a routine task to Cowork and get back something tailored to you rather than a one-size-fits-all result. Based on the pattern in this module, which approach most reliably gets you there?

Spell out every step you want Cowork to perform, in order, so it never has to make a decision.

Start from a baseline request, then add the specifics—what matters to you and what you want back—that turn a generic result into a useful one.

Keep the request as vague as possible so Cowork stays flexible and can surprise you with its own priorities.

3.

Cowork hands back a deliverable it assembled by pulling figures, names, and dates from across your work. Following the module's guidance, what should you do before you rely on it or share it?

Review the parts that carry the most weight—the figures, the names, and any decision it steers you toward—and refine in the same conversation if something's off.

Treat the result as final, since anything grounded in your own work is accurate by definition.

If any detail is wrong, discard the deliverable and start over with a brand-new prompt.

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