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#37Chapter 04 — Claude for Project Management & Productivity
I have an important meeting in [timeframe]. I need a Pre-Meeting Intelligence Brief — not a simple agenda, but a strategic preparation document. **Meeting context:** - Meeting type: [client review / budget defense / vendor negotiation / steering committee / etc.] - Attendees: [name, role, and their likely perspective or concern — be honest about politics] - Meeting objective: [What needs to happen for this meeting to be a success?] **Source materials** (paste below): - Previous meeting notes or summary: [paste] - Email threads since last meeting: [paste relevant exchanges] - Current project status: [paste status data, timeline, or dashboard export] - Any known issues or tensions: [describe briefly] **Produce a Pre-Meeting Intelligence Brief with:** 1. **Situation Summary** (5 sentences max) — Where things stand right now, honestly. No spin. 2. **Per-Attendee Briefing** — For each attendee: their likely priorities, their open items from last meeting (resolved or not), potential objections or concerns they may raise, and what THEY need from this meeting. 3. **Talking Points** — The 3-5 points I must cover, in priority order, with suggested framing for each. 4. **Landmines** — Topics that could derail the meeting if handled poorly. For each: what the issue is, why it's sensitive, and a recommended approach. 5. **Decision Map** — Decisions that need to be made in this meeting, who has authority to make them, and what information they need to decide. 6. **Preparation Checklist** — Specific things I should do or bring before the meeting (data to pull, people to pre-align, documents to share in advance). Be direct. Flag real risks. Don't sanitize the politics — I need to walk in with clear eyes.

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