Use AI to create a pre-meeting briefing sheet when you're walking into an unfamiliar topic.
Sometimes you get invited to a meeting about a project, initiative, or topic you haven't been closely following. You don't want to look lost, but you also don't have time to read through weeks of email threads and documents. Ask AI to create a one-page briefing that gives you just enough context to follow the conversation and ask smart questions. Paste in whatever background materials you do have — a project summary, recent emails, a shared doc, meeting notes from last time — and ask AI to distill it into the essentials: what this is about, who's involved, what's already been decided, and what's still open. You'll walk in oriented instead of scrambling to catch up while everyone else is three steps ahead. This works especially well when you're joining a meeting mid-project, covering for a colleague, or meeting with a team outside your usual scope. Five minutes with AI beats twenty minutes of confused nodding.
Try this prompt today
“I'm about to join a meeting on [topic/project name], but I haven't been involved until now. Here's the background I have: [paste emails, notes, or documents]. Create a one-page briefing for me that covers: what this project is about, who the key people are, what's already been decided, what's still being debated, and any upcoming deadlines or decisions. Keep it short and focused on what I need to know to contribute in the meeting.”
February 22, 2026
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