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Quarterly Briefing
A specula was a Roman watchtower: someone posted to see what was coming and report it in time to act. The quarterly briefing is that post for your leadership team.
A standing AI briefing for your leadership team, every quarter, as the field moves.
$6,000 per quarter, billed quarterly, with a two-quarter minimum. Remote by default; in-person sessions add travel at cost.
Is this for you?
- Executive teams that want to stay current without each leader tracking AI news
- Boards that want a standing AI item with a briefer who knows the company
- Companies after a workshop that want the priorities revisited as the field moves
The problem
A single briefing ages within months.
AI capability, prices, and regulation change every quarter. Leaders who were briefed once fall behind, and each one ends up tracking the news alone.
How we run it
One briefer who knows your company, every quarter.
Each quarter, a 60-minute session covers what changed in AI and what it means for your company and sector. A written digest with sources follows, and your leaders can email questions between sessions.
If you have AI priorities, each briefing checks them against what changed, so plans keep pace with the field.
Who it serves
Typical audiences.
Common set-ups, not past client work.
- Executive team
A standing AI item
Sixty minutes each quarter in the executive calendar.
- Board
A board AI update
A quarterly item with a briefer who knows the company.
- Alternating
Board and executives
Alternate audiences across the year.
- After a workshop
Priorities kept current
Each session checks the workshop priorities.
What you receive
A quarterly briefing
Sixty minutes on what changed in AI that quarter and what it means for your company and sector.
A written digest
The quarter’s developments that matter to you, with sources, in four pages or fewer.
Questions between sessions
Email questions from your leadership team, answered within two business days.
A priorities check
If you have AI priorities, each briefing checks them against what changed.
How it works
Set up
A kickoff call sets the audience, the sector focus, and the priorities to track.
Brief
A 60-minute session each quarter, remote by default.
Digest
The written digest follows within five business days.
Answer
Email questions between sessions, within two business days.
What the agreement sets out
Commitments you can check each quarter.
Set out in the quarterly agreement.
- Sessions held
- One 60-minute briefing each quarter.
- Digest on time
- Within five business days of each session.
- Questions answered
- Within two business days.
Common concerns
What leaders ask before they book.
- Commitment
- A two-quarter minimum, then quarter to quarter with 30 days’ notice.
- Independence
- Tools and vendors are discussed by fit, with any relationship disclosed.
Who does what
Who prepares, who presents, and who decides.
Your team
- Name the audience
- Share priorities to track
- Send questions between sessions
Consilium
- Track developments for your sector
- Brief each quarter
- Write the digest
- Answer questions
Afterward
Where clients go next.
Most take one of these routes. You choose; nothing is booked without your approval.
Revisit priorities
A workshop resets priorities when the picture changes.
Before the session
What to have ready.
- The audience
- Your sector and any priorities
- A preferred day for sessions
Related services
What the agreement sets out
Sessions, digest, and response times, in writing.
- One 60-minute briefing each quarter, scheduled at the start of the quarter.
- A written digest within five business days of each briefing.
- Email questions answered within two business days.
- A two-quarter minimum, then quarter to quarter with 30 days’ notice.
Ask about the quarterly briefing
Tell us who would attend.
We reply with a proposed kickoff date and the quarterly agreement.
- An engineer reads every request
- A reply by email within two business days of receipt
- No obligation until scope and price are agreed
Not sure this is the right format? Plan a briefing first: a free 20-minute call on your audience and their questions.
Where this fits
- Check Leadership AI check
- Plan Agenda call
- Brief Board AI Briefing
- Decide Leadership AI Workshop
- Sustain Quarterly Briefing
Not ready yet? Leadership AI Workshop. After this: Board AI Briefing.
Questions
Who receives the digest?
Anyone you name inside the company. It is written for executives, with sources for anyone who wants depth.
Can the board attend?
Yes. Some clients alternate between the executive team and the board.