Assignment

Day 3 Assignment — Your Executive Summary Challenge

The task

Find a long document, article, or piece of content you have been avoiding because it's too long, dense, or technical. Use your AI research toolkit to produce a professional Executive Summary and a concrete action plan from it today.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Find your document — something real: a Terms of Service, an industry report, a policy document, a contract, or a complex news article, at least 2-3 pages long.
2. Apply the Actionable Summary technique: "Summarise into 5 bullet points that a [your role] needs to know."
3. Apply ELI5 to the 2-3 most confusing or technical sections of the document.
4. Apply Cross-Examination: "What are the 3 biggest weaknesses or unanswered questions in this document?"
5. Write the Executive Summary using the standard professional template — Purpose, Key Findings, Implications, Recommended Actions, Risk Flags. Target 200 words maximum.
6. Run the 'What Should I Do Next?' prompt and extract your 3 priority actions.
7. Verify at least 2 key facts from your summary using Perplexity with source citations.

What to submit

• Your original document — title and source URL or description
• Your complete 200-word Executive Summary in the standard format
• Your 3 recommended next steps with suggested owners and timeframes
• Evidence of source verification — screenshot or written note of what you checked and found

Reflection questions

• What would havea taken you the longest to find or understand without AI?
• What did AI miss that you had to add yourself?