How the practice works
Pre-reads arrive with a purpose, the decision under discussion and enough time for recipients to consider it. Authors distinguish essential reading from reference material. The meeting can then address the issue rather than begin with a narrated tour of the attachment.
- 01Purpose
- 02Essential reading
- 03Lead time
- 04Discussion
A working example
A thirty-minute workstream review receives a concise note with progress, decisions and unresolved dependencies. Detailed status remains linked. The presenter uses the meeting for questions rather than reciting the same note at a slightly different speed.
