Task 1: Our recent physical inventory count at the Nike warehouse shows we have 500 fewer pairs of Air Jordans than what our SAP system reports. Your job is to investigate this discrepancy by reviewing shipping records and sales data to find the cause and adjust our financial statements before the quarter ends. Task 2: It’s the end of the quarter, and we need to close the books for Starbucks. You need to process all outstanding invoices and make sure employee expense reports are submitted and accrued correctly so we can accurately report our earnings to Wall Street next week. Task 3: PwC is starting their annual audit next month, and they will be focusing on our new Salesforce software subscription revenue. Please prepare a detailed file with sample customer contracts and payment records to prove that we are recognizing revenue correctly according to accounting standards.

Task 1: Meta is launching a new AI feature for Instagram in Europe, and we need to make sure it complies with GDPR. Please review the feature’s data collection practices and draft an updated privacy policy that is easy for users to understand. Task 2: Our company’s contract with Amazon Web Services (AWS) is up for renewal next quarter. Your goal is to negotiate new terms that will reduce our data storage costs by 15% and secure better support response times. Task 3: A competitor just launched a new product with a logo and packaging that looks very similar to our best-selling product. Draft a cease and desist letter that clearly outlines the trademark infringement and demands that they stop selling the product immediately.

Task 1: Our on-site data servers are becoming old and costly to maintain. Your project is to plan and manage the migration of our entire customer database from our local servers to Microsoft Azure's cloud infrastructure with no service interruptions for the sales team. Task 2: We've noticed an increase in phishing attempts on employee email accounts. You need to roll out mandatory two-factor authentication (2FA) for all employees using Okta within the next 30 days and prepare training materials to make the transition smooth. Task 3: We are spending a lot on Adobe Creative Cloud licenses, but we suspect many employees aren't using the software. Please conduct an audit of license usage and create a list of inactive users so we can downgrade their accounts and reduce our monthly software spend.

Task 1: Ford needs to decide whether to build a new $2 billion EV battery plant in Michigan or expand our existing factory in Mexico. Please create a financial model comparing the 10-year return on investment (ROI), payback period, and key risks for both options to help leadership make a decision. Task 2: We're helping Disney evaluate a potential acquisition of the animation studio A24. Your task is to build a valuation model to determine a fair purchase price, considering their past film performance, intellectual property, and future growth potential in the streaming market. Task 3: As a startup, we need to raise more capital to fund our growth. Analyze the pros and cons of taking on $50 million in venture debt from a bank versus selling a 10% equity stake to a venture capital firm like Andreessen Horowitz, and recommend the best path forward.

Task 1: IKEA is experiencing shipping delays for products moving from our European factories to our U.S. distribution centers. Analyze our current routes with our shipping partner Maersk and identify alternative ports or shipping lanes that could cut transit time by at least one week. Task 2: Amazon is struggling with on-time "last-mile" deliveries in dense cities like Chicago during the holiday season. You need to evaluate and pilot a program that uses DoorDash drivers to supplement our Amazon Flex delivery network during peak hours to meet our delivery promises. Task 3: Our main Walmart fulfillment center can't keep up with the volume of online orders. Create a business case to justify a $5 million investment in a robotic inventory picking system, showing how it will increase order processing speed by 40% and reduce labor costs over three years.

Task 1: You need to redesign the syllabus for the "Introduction to Psychology" course to make it more engaging. Your task is to replace the traditional final exam with a project where students create a short podcast series applying psychological concepts to analyze a character from a popular Netflix show. Task 2: Your lab is conducting research on a promising new cancer treatment, and you need funding to continue your work. Write a grant proposal to the National Cancer Institute outlining your research objectives, methodology, and budget for a five-year study. Task 3: You've just completed a study on the impact of social media on teenage mental health. Now, you need to write a manuscript and submit it for publication in a top-tier academic journal like The Lancet, ensuring your data and conclusions are presented clearly and persuasively.

Task 1: Your school wants to incorporate more financial literacy into the curriculum. For your 11th-grade math class, create a month-long project where students use Microsoft Excel to build a personal budget, simulate investing $1,000 in stocks like Apple and Tesla, and track their portfolio's performance. Task 2: You have a 9th-grade English class with very diverse reading levels. For the upcoming unit on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," find supplementary materials, including a graphic novel version and clips from the Baz Luhrmann film, to help struggling readers keep up with the core text. Task 3: You need to prepare for parent-teacher conferences next week. For each of your students, compile a one-page summary that includes their current grade, their attendance record from our PowerSchool system, and two specific examples of their best work and one area needing improvement.

Task 1: For your PhD dissertation on artificial intelligence, you need to write a literature review. Your task is to find and summarize the 50 most influential academic papers on large language models from the last five years, identifying the key research trends and unanswered questions. Task 2: As a teaching assistant for an undergraduate economics course, you are responsible for grading 200 midterm exams. You need to create a detailed grading rubric to ensure consistency and provide constructive feedback on each student's essay about supply and demand. Task 3: You have been accepted to present your master's thesis research on urban planning at an academic conference. You must create a 12-minute presentation with compelling visuals in PowerPoint that clearly explains your research methods and findings to an audience of experts in your field

Task 1: As the Dean of Admissions, you've noticed a 15% decline in applications from international students. Your task is to develop a new recruitment strategy that includes virtual information sessions for students in different time zones and targeted social media ads in key countries. Task 2: You are the department chair for the History department, and you need to create the course schedule for next semester. You must balance the teaching preferences of 20 different professors with classroom availability and ensure there are no scheduling conflicts for the required courses for students. Task 3: The university has mandated a 5% budget cut for your college next year. You need to analyze your department's spending and decide whether to reduce funds for faculty travel to conferences, cut the number of teaching assistant positions, or postpone planned computer lab upgrades.

Task 1: For your government class project, you need to analyze the marketing strategies used in a recent political campaign. Choose a candidate and analyze their TV ads, social media posts on platforms like TikTok and Twitter, and create a presentation explaining how they tried to persuade voters. Task 2: In your biology class, you are learning about genetics. Your assignment is to use an online tool to research your own family's history of a specific genetic trait, like eye color, and create a pedigree chart that traces the trait back at least three generations. Task 3: It's time to work on your college applications, and you need to write a personal essay for the Common App. Choose one of the prompts and write a 650-word story about a time you worked as part of a team to solve a problem, reflecting on what you learned about collaboration.

Task 1: Pfizer is launching a new vaccine, and your job is to develop the market access strategy. This involves analyzing the pricing of competing vaccines, presenting data to insurance companies to get our product covered, and ensuring it is affordable for patients. Task 2: Our Phase 3 clinical trial for a new Alzheimer's drug from Eli Lilly is behind schedule because we are struggling to enroll enough patients. You need to develop a new patient recruitment campaign that partners with advocacy groups and runs targeted ads on social media to find eligible participants. Task 3: You are the brand manager for Merck's blockbuster cancer drug, Keytruda. You need to create a new marketing plan for the upcoming year that focuses on educating oncologists about the drug's new approved uses for treating different types of cancer

Task 1: You are a risk manager at Cargill, a major grain trader. Given the recent weather forecasts predicting a drought, you expect corn prices to rise sharply. You need to use futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to hedge our position and lock in a lower price for the millions of bushels we need to buy next quarter. Task 2: As a product manager at John Deere, you are responsible for launching a new self-driving tractor. Create a marketing plan that shows farmers how this new technology can help them reduce fuel and labor costs and increase their crop yields through more precise planting. Task 3: General Mills, the maker of Cheerios, has committed to sustainably sourcing all of its oats by 2030. Your task is to work with our suppliers to develop and implement new farming practices that improve soil health and reduce water usage across our supply chain.

Task 1: You are an analyst at ExxonMobil, and the company is considering a multi-billion dollar investment in a new offshore oil project. You need to create a financial model that forecasts the project's profitability over the next 20 years, taking into account different oil price scenarios and geopolitical risks. Task 2: As a project developer for NextEra Energy, a leading renewable energy company, you are trying to build a new solar farm in Arizona. You need to prepare a proposal for local community leaders that outlines the project's economic benefits, such as job creation and tax revenue, and addresses any environmental concerns. Task 3: BP wants to reduce the carbon emissions from its largest oil refinery. Your task is to evaluate the feasibility of building a new green hydrogen facility on-site to replace the fossil fuels currently used in the refining process and create a business case for the investment.

Task 1: As the plant manager for a Toyota Camry factory, you've been tasked with increasing production by 15% without compromising quality. You need to analyze the current assembly line and identify bottlenecks where installing new robots from a company like FANUC could speed up production. Task 2: We have seen a recent increase in quality control issues in the chips we produce at our Intel factory. Your job is to lead a team to analyze the entire manufacturing process, find the root cause of the defects, and implement a solution to fix the problem. Task 3: The cost of steel, a key component for making our refrigerators at GE Appliances, has increased by 20%. You need to renegotiate our contract with our main supplier, U.S. Steel, or find an alternative global supplier to reduce our material costs without affecting our production schedule.

Task 1: Netflix's user engagement on TikTok has dropped over the last quarter. Your goal is to create a new content strategy featuring behind-the-scenes clips and interactive polls for our upcoming shows to double our views and shares. Task 2: We are launching Samsung's new foldable phone, which will compete directly with Apple's iPhone. Develop a digital marketing campaign that targets tech-savvy professionals and highlights the phone's unique multitasking features for productivity. Task 3: The Gap brand is struggling to connect with younger shoppers. Analyze the social media strategies of successful competitors like Zara and Shein, and then propose a new brand voice and influencer collaboration plan to make our brand more relevant to the Gen Z audience.

Task 1: We need to sell our HubSpot marketing software to The Coca-Cola Company, which currently uses a competitor's product. Prepare a sales pitch that demonstrates how our platform can increase their online sales conversion rate by 20% and integrate with their existing Salesforce CRM. Task 2: Our sales team is 15% behind its annual quota for selling Oracle's cloud services, and we only have one quarter left. Create a sales contest with specific incentives to motivate the team to close deals with at least 10 major new enterprise clients before the year ends. Task 3: To increase sales of our Shopify e-commerce platform, we need more partners. Develop a program to recruit and train web design agencies, offering them a 20% commission and co-marketing funds for every new client they bring onto the platform

Task 1: Employees have complained that our annual performance review process is outdated and demotivating. Your task is to research and propose a new system, like the quarterly check-in model used at Google, and create a plan to train our managers on how to implement it. Task 2: We have a high turnover rate among our junior software developers at Microsoft. Analyze our recent exit interview data and propose three concrete initiatives to improve their work-life balance and career growth opportunities to reduce turnover by 25%. Task 3: We need to hire 50 new graduates for our consulting practice by next summer. Plan a university recruitment campaign targeting top business schools, organize on-campus events, and streamline our interview process to attract the best talent before our competitors at McKinsey and BCG do

Task 1: Tesla has spent millions developing the Cybertruck's new manufacturing process. Your task is to document all the qualifying research and development expenses so we can maximize our R&D tax credit claim on our upcoming federal tax return. Task 2: Google's international tax structure is under scrutiny due to the new global minimum tax rules. Review our operations in Ireland and Singapore to ensure we are compliant and calculate any potential increase in our tax liability for this fiscal year. Task 3: Due to new laws, our e-commerce business now has to collect sales tax in five new states. You need to work with our IT team to update our Shopify and Avalara tax software to ensure we are correctly calculating and remitting sales tax on all new customer orders.

Task 1: Our company is migrating from our old Oracle financial system to SAP S/4HANA next year. Your task is to map our current "order-to-cash" process and ensure that it is correctly configured in the new SAP system to avoid any disruption to our billing and collections. Task 2: We just went live with S/4HANA, and our supply chain team finds the new inventory management interface confusing. Please develop a set of short training videos and a one-page quick-reference guide to help them run key inventory reports and track stock levels accurately. Task 3: Our VP of Sales needs a new real-time dashboard in S/4HANA that tracks our daily sales numbers against our quarterly forecast, broken down by region. You need to work with our analysts to design and build this dashboard using the embedded analytics tools.

Task 1: Our team at Goldman Sachs is competing to lead the Initial Public Offering (IPO) for the tech company Databricks. Your task is to create the main pitch book, which includes a valuation of the company, a summary of its key strengths, and why our bank is the best choice to take them public. Task 2: You are an equity research analyst at Morgan Stanley covering the software industry. You need to write a report for investors on Microsoft, updating your financial model based on their latest earnings report and issuing a "Buy," "Hold," or "Sell" rating with a 12-month price target. Task 3: AT&T wants to raise $3 billion by issuing new corporate bonds to fund its 5G network expansion. As part of the team at J.P. Morgan, you need to help structure the deal and prepare the marketing materials that we will present to large institutional investors like pension funds.

Task 1: You are a trader at a hedge fund, and you expect the stock of NVIDIA to be very volatile after their upcoming earnings announcement. You need to design and execute an options strategy, like a long straddle, to profit from a large price swing in either direction while managing your risk exposure. Task 2: You manage a retirement portfolio that has a large allocation to technology stocks. To reduce risk, you need to rebalance the portfolio by selling some of your shares in high-growth companies like Apple and Amazon and reinvesting the proceeds into more stable, dividend-paying stocks like Johnson & Johnson. Task 3: Our algorithmic trading strategy that focuses on energy futures has been underperforming. Your task is to analyze its performance data and backtest a revised algorithm that incorporates real-time oil inventory data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration to improve its predictive power.

Task 1: A successful local restaurant chain has applied for a $750,000 loan from our bank, Wells Fargo, to open a third location. Please analyze their financial statements and cash flow history to assess the risk and prepare a recommendation for the loan committee on whether we should approve it. Task 2: We want to win the business of a large construction company that currently banks with a competitor. Your task is to prepare a proposal for Bank of America's treasury management services, showing them how our tools can help them manage their cash flow and process payroll more efficiently. Task 3: As part of our annual portfolio review at Chase, you need to assess the risk of our loans to local car dealerships. Given the rising popularity of EVs from companies like Tesla, analyze how this trend might affect their future profitability and our loan portfolio.

Task: "Implement a new electronic health record system across our 15-hospital network while ensuring patient safety, regulatory compliance, and staff adoption. The transition involves 10,000+ users, integration with 50+ existing systems, and requires extensive training while maintaining operational continuity and meeting regulatory deadlines."

Task: "Develop a comprehensive telemedicine program that provides quality care while ensuring patient privacy and regulatory compliance. The program must address the unique needs of different patient populations, integrate with existing systems, and ensure equitable access to care while maintaining quality standards and ensuring provider satisfaction."

Task: "Implement a value-based care model that improves patient outcomes while reducing costs and ensuring financial sustainability. The model must address quality metrics, cost containment, and provider incentives while ensuring patient satisfaction and maintaining the financial viability of our healthcare system."

Task 1: A 50-year-old executive just sold her startup for $10 million and is now your client at Morgan Stanley. You need to create a comprehensive financial plan for her that outlines a diversified investment strategy for her proceeds, focusing on long-term growth and tax efficiency. Task 2: You have a retired couple as clients who rely on their $2 million investment portfolio for income. Review their current holdings and propose adjustments to increase their allocation to conservative assets, like corporate bonds and dividend stocks from companies like Coca-Cola, to protect their capital. Task 3: A long-time client at UBS wants to plan for passing his wealth to his grandchildren. You need to work with his estate planning attorney to structure a trust and recommend investment strategies that will fund the trust while minimizing future estate taxes