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Executive Briefings
Short presentations that give decision makers the decision, evidence and consequences at the right level.
What is Executive Briefings?
Short presentations that give decision makers the decision, evidence and consequences at the right level.
What you learn
Open with the decision you need. Keep the details as backup.
When it helps
an executive decision has stalled, or reviews turn into tours of screens.
Use it at work
- Write the decision you need, its cost and its deadline.
- Add why it matters now, in one or two facts.
- Say what’s still uncertain.
- Put the details in backup, ready if asked.
Your output
For your next briefing, write the first slide: the decision you need, what it costs and by when. Move everything else to backup.
Watch for
Opening with screens, process or background, and asking at the end.
Related practices
Sources
- Business Thinking for Designers: Chapter 5, Communicate the options
- Product Designer: individual contributor roles
- The Minto Pyramid Principle
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