Strategic Advisory

{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf-narrative/v1",
  "id": "strategic-advisory",
  "name": "Strategic Advisory",
  "summary": "Consulting-style advisory deck applying Minto's pyramid: title, situation/complication/question, the answer in one sentence, and three argued points with a process. Use when the audience expects a recommendation and the case for it, in that order.",
  "audienceFit": [
    "executives",
    "boards",
    "leadership-teams",
    "clients"
  ],
  "durationRange": {
    "minMinutes": 15,
    "maxMinutes": 45
  },
  "tags": [
    "consulting",
    "advisory",
    "strategy",
    "minto"
  ],
  "beats": [
    {
      "id": "title",
      "name": "Title",
      "description": "Open with a one-line summary statement that captures the recommendation, not the topic. The title slide is the headline of the entire engagement — make it specific enough that someone reading only this slide already understands the position.",
      "layoutHint": "title-left",
      "instructions": "Brief summary sentence",
      "slideType": "text"
    },
    {
      "id": "scq",
      "name": "Situation, Complication, Question",
      "description": "Frame the engagement on a single slide: the relevant status quo, what needs to change, and the question that needs to be resolved. This is the SCQ shorthand — context, tension, prompt. Don't yet answer."
    },
    {
      "id": "answer",
      "name": "Answer",
      "description": "Deliver the recommendation in a single sentence. No arguments yet, no caveats. The answer is the apex of the pyramid; the rest of the deck supports it.",
      "instructions": "A solution in one sentence, no arguments yet",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "arguments",
      "name": "Arguments",
      "description": "Preview the three top-level arguments that defend the answer. One slide naming all three so the audience knows where the deck is going. Each argument should be a complete claim, not a topic.",
      "instructions": "Support the solution",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "argument-1",
      "name": "Argument 1",
      "description": "Develop the first argument with supporting data, examples, and reasoning. Lead with the claim, then the evidence — Minto-style. The slide should stand alone if pulled out.",
      "instructions": "First key point",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "argument-2",
      "name": "Argument 2",
      "description": "Develop the second argument the same way. Vary the type of evidence — quantitative, qualitative, comparative — so the audience hears the case from multiple angles.",
      "instructions": "Second key point",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "argument-3",
      "name": "Argument 3",
      "description": "Develop the third argument and walk through the supporting process or methodology. This is often where the 'how' lives — the implementation insight that makes the recommendation feel actionable.",
      "instructions": "Third key point with a process",
      "slideType": "text",
      "layoutHint": "text-1x-left"
    },
    {
      "id": "summary",
      "name": "Summary",
      "description": "Recap the answer and arguments in a single slide and point to additional resources. Close with the explicit next step you want the audience to take.",
      "layoutHint": "title-left",
      "instructions": "Recap the answer, provide additional resources",
      "slideType": "text"
    }
  ]
}