The one-page brief
Lesson 1 of 6 · Meeting Packets
1 · Learn the move · Enhance the Output
Your executive gets ninety seconds with the brief, usually walking. That's why the shape is fixed and the order isn't negotiable: who's in the room, the history, why we're meeting, what they'll ask for, what could blow up. Pin all of it. One page, that section order, a word budget per section, bullets not paragraphs. Left loose, the AI writes a beautiful three-page memo nobody reads in a hallway. Output control is the whole lesson, because the brief is only good if it survives the walk.
Build a one-page meeting brief in exactly this order and nothing else: WHO'S IN THE ROOM (one line each), HISTORY (5 dated lines max), PURPOSE (2 lines), WHAT THEY'LL ASK FOR (bullets), LANDMINES (bullets), MY RECOMMENDATION (2 lines). Bullets only, no paragraphs, 350 words total. Built from the pasted notes and thread only. Anything not in them renders [NEEDS: ...]. [CRM notes + thread + their agenda]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
Ray Delgado has a 2:00 with a food-service supplier he's met twice, and at 12:40 he asks for the brief. You have the CRM notes, the last email thread, and the one-line agenda the supplier sent. Write a prompt that turns all three into one page he can read walking down the hall.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.