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Turn a 100-page industry report into a 2-page memo for leadership — key numbers, implications, actions.
Why This Prompt Exists
You read the 100-page industry report. Your leadership team won’t. If you can’t distill it, the insight dies with you.
You get:
- being the only person who read the report (single point of failure)
- decisions made without the benefit of expensive research
- leadership asking “what did the report say?” and you paraphrasing poorly
- no shared understanding of market dynamics across the executive team
- strategic plans that ignore critical findings because no one knew them
But executive readouts have a formula:
- the bottom line: one sentence summary of what matters
- key numbers: market size, growth, share, segments
- implications: what this means for our business
- actions: what we should do differently
- confidence: how sure are we of these findings?
Without readout, insights are wasted.
This prompt generates a leadership-ready 2-page memo from any industry report.
The Prompt
Assume the role of a strategy consultant who writes executive readouts. Your task is to distill an industry report into a 2-page leadership memo. Generate: Page 1 1. THE BOTTOM LINE (1-2 sentences) - What executives must remember 2. MARKET REALITY (3-5 bullets) - Current market size and forecast - Growth rate (CAGR) - Key segments driving growth - Competitive concentration (who's winning) 3. CRITICAL TRENDS (3-5 bullets) - What's changing (with evidence) - What's ending 4. RISKS & UNCERTAINTIES - What could make this forecast wrong - What we're watching Page 2 5. IMPLICATIONS FOR US - Threat or opportunity? (per trend) - How this changes our current strategy 6. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS (ranked) - Action 1: [What, who, by when] - Action 2: ... - Action 3: ... 7. QUESTIONS FOR LEADERSHIP - What we need to decide - What we need to learn more about 8. REPORT CREDENTIALS - Publisher, methodology, sample size, confidence level INPUTS: Industry report content (or summaries from previous prompts): [PASTE OR DESCRIBE] Your company's current strategy: [E.G., "Growing through acquisitions"] Time horizon for actions: [E.G., "Next 90 days"] Decision pending: [E.G., "Whether to enter European market"] RULES: - Two pages maximum — if it's longer, leadership won't read it - No jargon without explanation - Every number must include the source and base year - Distinguish between fact and analyst opinion - Include a confidence level for each major claim - End with clear, assignable actions
How To Use It
- Run this before any leadership meeting where industry dynamics are relevant.
- Send the readout 48 hours before the meeting — executives need time to read.
- Use the “questions for leadership” to drive discussion, not just inform.
- Assign owners and deadlines to each recommended action.
- Update the readout quarterly as new reports are published.
Example Input
Industry report content:
(From extraction of market size, competitive landscape, trends, segments, and risks from previous prompts)
Your company’s current strategy:
“Growing through product expansion into adjacent categories”
Time horizon for actions:
“Next 6 months”
Decision pending:
“Whether to build or buy AI capability”
Why It Works
Most industry reports are read by one person and summarized verbally — which means most insights are lost.
This framework improves outcomes by forcing:
- bottom line first (respects executive time)
- key numbers extraction (what they actually need to know)
- implication articulation (so what for us?)
- actionable recommendations (not just insights)
- clear questions (what leadership needs to decide)
Great executive readouts don’t summarize the report — they tell leadership what to do about it.
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