# Get up to speed on a new topic with an executive briefing

A fast primer on an unfamiliar topic: what it is, why it matters to your business, key players, debates, jargon, and smart questions to ask.

- Topic: Research & Summaries
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Meetings, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/get-up-to-speed-on-a-new-topic-with-an-executive-briefing

## Prompt

```text
Help me get up to speed quickly on a topic I need to understand for work.

**Topic:** [e.g. "EU AI Act", "agentic AI in customer service", "nearshoring"]
**My role and why I need it:** [e.g. "operations director; meeting with a vendor next week"]
**What I already know:** [nothing / basics / some]
**Time I have to read:** [e.g. 10 minutes]
**Material I have, if any:** [PASTE articles or notes, or "none"]

Return:
1. **Bottom line** - what this is and why it matters to someone in my role, in 4-5 sentences.
2. **The essentials** - the 7-10 things I most need to know, ranked.
3. **Key terms** - the jargon I'll hear, each defined in one line.
4. **Key players** - organizations, vendors, regulators, or people to know, and their position.
5. **Where people disagree** - the main debates and the strongest argument on each side.
6. **What it means for my business** - opportunities, risks, and what peers are doing.
7. **Smart questions to ask** in my next meeting on this.
8. **Where to go deeper** - the types of sources worth reading.

Rules:
- Separate settled facts from contested claims and predictions.
- If you can browse, cite sources with dates. If you can't, say what your knowledge is based on, note it may be out of date, and mark recent developments [VERIFY].
- Never invent statistics, quotes, or sources.
```

## What to fill in

- e.g. "operations director; meeting with a vendor next week"
- nothing / basics / some
- e.g. 10 minutes
- PASTE articles or notes, or "none"

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