Executive communication
Executive summary
Compress complex information without losing what a decision rests on.
The shape
- Conclusion
- Key facts
- Implication
- Action
A worked example
The migration is on schedule. 70 per cent of systems are complete and no critical dependencies remain. The main risk is resource availability in the final phase. We need two more engineers for six weeks.
What usually goes wrong
Calling a long detailed report an executive summary. Length is the entire point of the form.
Used in
Where this shape does its work in a real situation.
A framework tells you what shape the answer takes. It cannot tell you whether shape is what you are short of, and for most people it is not. Which one is yours, and whether a framework is the right instrument at all, is what a Discovery Call is for.
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