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Crafting Rapid Executive Briefings

Transform long reports into concise, audience-specific briefs.

Updated over 3 weeks ago

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Ever felt like it takes longer to make the summary than it did the original report?!

With Aether, you can take a long, detailed report (like a full NPS deep dive) and instantly generate a short, sharp briefing pack tailored for your audience, like the executive team.

Upload your full report, copy the prompt below, and produce a polished, high-impact document in minutes. Stop spending time summarising and start sharing actionable insights.

Quick Steps

  • Upload your long source document.

  • 'Create a new output' and name your new document (e.g., 'Exec Briefing').

  • Adapt the prompt template below.

  • Run the generation.

  • Share or export the final, two-page brief directly to your executives.

Try it out yourself

Copy and paste the prompt below into your output description, and customise the text in [CAPITALS] for your own 'Must Know' output:

Objective:

Create a short, two-page executive-ready summary of [FILE TOPIC].

Audience:

The senior leadership team — they are time-poor, data-literate, and commercially focused. They want the “so what” in one or two pages.

Content Guide:

Summarise

  • [A]

  • [B]

Ensure to link the findings to [COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OUTCOMES].

Tone: Keep the language concise, strategic, and business-oriented.

You can also make a slightly 'longer summary' asking Aether to maintain the flow of your original long report (e.g. cut a 100 slide Annual Trends deck down to 10 slides)

Objective: A large report about [TOPIC] has been created which it too long and detailed for the intended readers. Create a summary report for the [TARGET AUDIENCE].

Report Title: [TITLE]

Target Audience: [e.g., SALES, LEADERSHIP TEAM]

Core Purpose: Provide a high-level, narrative-led overview to inspire and set the tone for [DELIVERABLE PURPOSE]. Focus on key information, minimising granular detail and focusing on actionable insights.

Maintain the structure and flow of the original report, adjusting each section to be shorter to summarise the content without combining across topics.

Report Structure:

I. Introduction and Framing [INSERT NUMBER OF SLIDES]

  • Pack Intent: Purpose of the report.

  • Contents: Report outline.

  • Key Frameworks: Briefly introduce methodology/sources used.

II. [SUB TOPIC ONE]

  • [ADD BULLET POINTS FOR 'MUST-KNOW' SUB-HEADERS]

    • [e.g., 'Recent News', 'Why we're starting this initiative'...]

III. [SUB TOPIC TWO]

  • [ADD BULLET POINTS FOR 'MUST-KNOW' SUB-HEADERS]

    • [e.g., 'Consumer Trends', 'Performance Summary'...]

IV. Key Takeaways [INSERT NUMBER OF SLIDES]

  • Summary of Next Steps

  • Recommendations

General Guidelines:

  • Narrative Focus: Tell a story, don't just present data.

  • Actionable Insights: Explain "why" and "what it means."

  • Conciseness: Be brief; remove anything non-essential to the strategic narrative.

  • Visuals: Use impactful tables and charts.

  • Adaptability: Adjust sections as needed, maintaining the core objective

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