Board readiness
The board pack, the pre-read, the likely questions with sourced answers, and a rehearsal partner for the CEO.
- Agents
- 60
- on the default fleet
- Starts
- 7:30 AM
- Done by
- 11:20 AM
- 40 minutes to spare
- Elapsed
- 3 h 50 min
- from the ask to the last approval
The ask, as sent to Sol
Sol, the board meets next Thursday. Build the pack and the pre-read, tell me what they will ask, and be ready to rehearse with me after lunch.
Before
A 3-week scramble for each board meeting.
- 3 weeks of drafting across Finance, Legal and the executive office
- Numbers change between versions
- Hard questions are guessed at the night before
With Solstice
The board pack, the pre-read, the likely questions with sourced answers, and a rehearsal partner for the CEO.
3 hours 50 minutes. 60 agents. 3 approvers.
The morning
IllustrativeSimulated time. Each line is one step of the mission as it would run on the default fleet.
Sol
Sol assigns 60 agents and reads the last 8 board packs and their minutes.
Finance
Finance agents pull results from the ledger and the operating systems.
Finance
The draft pack is assembled: 84 pages, every number linked to its source.
Legal
Legal agents prepare the resolutions and committee materials.
Investor relations
Investor relations agents draft the 6-page pre-read.
Comms
Comms agents draft the 60 likeliest questions from 2 years of minutes, each with a sourced answer.
Review
Review agents check every figure across the pack and the pre-read and flag 14 mismatches.
Mission complete
CFO, Corporate Secretary and CEO approve. The rehearsal is booked for after lunch. The clock stops 40 minutes before lunchtime.
Lunchtime
40 minutes to spare
The agent team
Illustrative60
60 agents on the default fleet, by function.
- Finance20
- Legal10
- Investor relations8
- Comms6
- Operations6
- Review10
Named approvers
Every deliverable waits for a person with the authority to decide. Roles are illustrative.
- Chief Financial Officer
- Approves: Every number in the pack
- Corporate Secretary
- Approves: Resolutions and committee materials
- Chief Executive Officer
- Approves: The pack and the pre-read
Deliverables
3 approvers, each with the authority to decide.
- The board pack, with every number traced to its source
- A 6-page pre-read
- The 60 likeliest questions, each with a sourced answer
- Committee materials and resolutions
- A rehearsal partner for the CEO, briefed on 2 years of board minutes
The same mission, two ways.
Illustrative- Traditional estimate
- 3 weeks, 18 people.
- Solstice
- 3 hours 50 minutes. 60 agents. 3 approvers.
Illustrative. Simulated time.