Vic SolKit · 6 steps
Take a decision to the committee and leave with a yes, a no or a date
The supporting study, the SCQA story, a slide with an action title and the memo with ask, owner and date.
The ZIP includes a README with the order, every file in Word/Excel/Markdown and each prompt.
- For
- Anyone presenting to leadership, the CFO or an investment committee.
- People
- You
- Level
- Advanced
- Time
- ≈ 90 min
The steps, in order
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Prompt: turn a long report into a one-page study
Turn the report behind your idea into one page.
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Prompt: structure your proposal as situation, complication, question and answer
Structure the story before making slides.
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Prompt: turn your data into a committee slide with an action title
Build the key slide with an action title.
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One-page decision memo: context, options, the ask
Write the memo that ends in an ask.
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Committee prep: three points and three objections
Prepare three points and three objections with answers.
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Prompt: critique my proposal like a demanding committee
Rehearse with a simulated demanding committee.
You are done when
- Every row has an owner with a name.
- Every number is either measured or labelled as an assumption.
- The last document ends with one owner, one date and one next action.