Stratagems #10: Lena Watched a Team Adopt Her AI Template. Leo Didn't Know the Knife Was in the Contract.

"Show a smile, hide the blade."

— The 36 Stratagems, Conceal a Dagger in a Smile

Previously on this series: #5: Leo Walked Into a Burning House. He Walked Out With a Client. — Leo drove out at 3 AM to fix a competitor's outage and won the deal with raw technical skill. But his CEO told him to write a process doc because he "doesn't know how to manage upward."

#9: Lena and P Watched Two Suppliers Fight. The Logs Said Neither Was Clean. — Lena ran P's audit on two AI vendors and caught both cheating. She let the fire burn itself out. Meanwhile, she picked up another contract.

The visitor badge at CoreStack's front desk read: "VeriTest — Organizational Process Optimization Consultant."