Meeting Briefs

01What it does

Who, the thread so far, the ask — before every call.

Every external meeting on the calendar gets a brief prepared ahead of time: who the person is, the email thread so far, what we want from the conversation, and the two questions worth asking.

The research fan-out that used to happen five minutes before a call happens before breakfast instead.

02How it runs

Step by step

• Each morning the day's calendar is read and external meetings identified.
• Mail, notes, and the web are searched per attendee; a one-page brief is written per meeting.
• Briefs are ready before the first call, not during it.

03What comes out

The result

A one-page brief per external meeting, every day.