About the program
The forum examines the gap between circulating a pre-read and establishing that someone has read it. Participants will work through a live sequence: a briefing note, a readiness call, an agenda-alignment meeting and the eventual decision to schedule a substantive discussion.
Who it is for
Chiefs of staff, program directors and anyone who has written a document to secure a meeting about another document.
Program
Opening alignment
Why the pre-read requires a meeting before it can be read.
The readiness-to-read review
Agreeing the length, audience and definition of required reading.
Applied exercise
Reduce a 48-page pre-read to six pages without removing any stakeholder contribution.
Program outcomes
Agree the shorter format and identify the decision it needs to support.
The working takeaway
A six-page briefing template and a checklist for choosing what belongs in the appendix.
