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Stop presenting the working deck to executives — the two-deck split (answer-first exec cut vs. exploration-rich working deck), the compression rules from 40 slides to 8, and the appendix strategy that keeps the depth one click away. Use when asked turn this analysis into an exec version, my leadership readout went badly, how do I compress 40 slides to 10 minutes, or what do execs actually want in a deck. Produces the exec cut with the answer-first order, the compression map (what survived, where the rest went), and the Q&A appendix plan.

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# Exec Vs Working Deck Skill

The working deck — forty slides of exploration, methodology, and dead ends — is a *diary of the analysis*. Presenting it to executives narrates the journey chronologically, landing the answer at slide 34 of a meeting that ended attention-wise at slide 6. The exec cut inverts the geometry: the answer first (slide 2 at the latest), the three pieces of evidence that carry it, the risks and the ask — 6–10 slides — with the working deck demoted to appendix, where it does its real executive job: *existing*, as the visible proof of rigor behind every Q&A answer ("slide 24 has that cohort — here").

## What This Skill Produces

- **The exec cut** — answer-first, 6–10 slides, built from the working deck's strongest material
- **The compression map** — every working-deck section: promoted / compressed to a line / appendixed / cut
- **The appendix strategy** — the Q&A-ordered depth, indexed so retrieval is instant in the room
- **The two-deck discipline** — when each artifact is used, so the working deck stops leaking into exec rooms

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