How I evaluate editable AI PowerPoint decks

Create one editable eight-slide PowerPoint deck for the CEO, CHRO, COO, and technology leadership of Meridian Signal. The theme is how AI is changing the modern workforce: not simply by removing jobs, but by redistributing tasks, decision rights, skills, and accountability.

Use source/workforce-transition-brief.md, source/org-structures.csv, and source/work-activity-shifts.csv as the complete evidence base. Treat the proposed future organization and activity mix as a planning scenario, not as a forecast or a measured outcome. Do not introduce external statistics, named companies, workforce reductions, productivity claims, or implementation results.

Build this eight-slide narrative:
1. the executive thesis on how AI changes work and organization design;
2. which activities are automated, augmented, or remain human-led, using a native editable chart built from source/work-activity-shifts.csv;
3. "Before AI" — a native editable organization chart of the current structure in source/org-structures.csv;
4. "After AI" — a separate native editable organization chart of the proposed AI-enabled structure in source/org-structures.csv;
5. how roles, skills, and management responsibilities change;
6. the governance model that keeps humans accountable for decisions and exceptions;
7. the 90-day transition plan in the source brief;
8. the executive decisions required now.

The two organization charts must be on separate slides, use native PowerPoint shapes and connectors, show the reporting hierarchy clearly, and remain fully editable. Label the slides with the exact phrases "Before AI" and "After AI". Make clear that the after-state is proposed and that the scenario keeps total workforce at 420 while reallocating 16 roles across functions; do not imply layoffs.

The supplied Meridian Signal design system is mandatory, not optional. Start from reference/Meridian-Signal-Slide-Design-Templates.pptx or reference/Meridian-Signal-Master.potx and preserve the embedded Meridian Signal master and layouts. Use reference/Meridian-Signal-Master.pptx, reference/Meridian-Signal-Design-System.md, and the PNGs under reference/master-preview/ to understand the intended layouts. Select and adapt appropriate slide-library patterns rather than drawing an unrelated theme. Remove all bracketed instructional placeholders and sample data from copied templates.

Follow the Meridian visual language throughout: warm cream and beige surfaces, selective charcoal section fields, graphite structure, Golden Gate orange emphasis, Arial typography, disciplined left alignment and grid spacing, hairline rules, two-part content-slide titles, and restrained native diagrams and charts. Avoid gradients, purple or blue AI styling, robot or sparkle imagery, repeated dashboard cards, pills, decorative icons, heavy shadows, and text below the 11pt floor.

Put source provenance in the speaker notes of every slide, wrapped in a [Sources] ... [/Sources] block. Cite the exact local files used on each slide; cite the Meridian reference file or design contract when a visual pattern is adapted.

Save the required artifact exactly at output/deck.pptx, relative to your current working directory. Do not ask questions. Do not send a follow-up message. Do not use skills, plugins, custom benchmark instructions, or general web access.