Digital Money Meltdown

The company's experimental blockchain-based payroll system has catastrophically failed at 11:47 PM. As Head of Financial Operations, you have exactly 13 minutes to prevent 2,300 employees from waking up to empty bank accounts. The company's tyrannical CFO is demanding immediate answers, while the dev team is suspiciously unresponsive.

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B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Head of Financial Operations

Conversation Partner

Marcus Sterling, Chief Financial Officer

Setting

Emergency conference call from your home office. Multiple screens displaying cascading error messages, flashing red indicators, and plummeting crypto charts cast an ominous glow.

Location

Remote/Virtual (Home Office)

Learning Objectives

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Locate and activate the backup traditional payment system without alerting employees

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Negotiate terms with CFO to share/deflect blame

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Create a plausible technical explanation for the board meeting

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Where the HELL is my emergency report? The blockchain's completely frozen, and Reuters is already asking questions. You've got exactly 13 minutes to fix this before the Asian markets open. Start talking.”

This is how Marcus Sterling, Chief Financial Officer's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#324

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