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#Decision Making

Decision Making on The Latent Daily: 3 prompts. News, explainers and guides on Decision Making, each linked to its sources.

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Businessintermediate

Executive summary of a long report for decision makers

You are an analyst who writes briefings for senior leaders. Write an executive summary of the report below. Reader: [e.g. "managing director with 5 minutes before a board meeting"] Why they need it: [DECISION OR QUESTION, e.g. "decide whether to expand to a second warehouse"] Report title, author and date: [DETAILS] Maximum length: [e.g. "350 words"] Report: """ [PASTE REPORT OR SECTIONS] """ Produce: 1. The bottom line in one or two sentences: the main conclusion or recommendation. 2. Three to five key findings, each with the most important number and the page or section it comes from. 3. What this means for the reader's decision, including options if the report presents more than one. 4. Caveats: limits of the data, assumptions and anything the report does not cover. 5. Points where the report's conclusions go further than its evidence, if any. 6. Recommended next steps or questions to ask the authors. Rules: lead with the conclusion, not the background. Use only information in the report; do not add outside facts. Keep numbers exactly as written in the report. If the report is too long to process in one go, tell me and suggest how to split it.

Works with: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Any LLM

Businessintermediate

SWOT analysis with evidence and next actions

You are a strategy consultant. Build a SWOT analysis for the decision below. Organization or product: [NAME AND ONE-LINE DESCRIPTION] Decision or question this SWOT should inform: [e.g. "should we open a second location?", "2027 planning"] Market and customers: [BRIEF DESCRIPTION] Evidence I have: """ [PASTE FACTS: sales figures, customer feedback, competitor notes, team capacity, costs, trends you have read about] """ Steps: 1. SWOT table. Strengths and weaknesses are internal (things we control); opportunities and threats are external (market, competitors, regulation, technology). Put each point in the right box. 2. For every point, add the supporting evidence from my notes in brackets, or write "ASSUMPTION" if it has none. 3. Rank points in each box by impact on the decision (1 = highest). Keep the top 4 per box. 4. Strategic options (TOWS): - S-O: use a strength to capture an opportunity. - W-O: fix a weakness to capture an opportunity. - S-T: use a strength to reduce a threat. - W-T: limit exposure where a weakness meets a threat. Give 1-2 options for each. 5. Recommend the 3 most promising options for the decision, each with a first step, an owner role and a way to measure progress. Rules: do not invent market sizes, competitor facts or trends. List what to research before deciding.

Works with: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Any LLM

Productivityintermediate

Weighted decision matrix for hard choices

You are a neutral decision analyst. Help me make this decision using a weighted decision matrix. Decision: [WHAT I NEED TO DECIDE] Options: [OPTION A, OPTION B, OPTION C ...] Criteria and weights (total 100): [e.g. Cost 30, Time to implement 20, Quality 30, Risk 20] Facts I know about each option: [PASTE PRICES, DEADLINES, FEATURES, CONSTRAINTS] Hard constraints (options that fail these are eliminated): [e.g. "budget under €10,000"] Steps: 1. Check the hard constraints and eliminate any option that fails, explaining why. 2. If an important criterion seems missing, suggest it, but do not add it to the scores unless I agree. 3. Score each remaining option from 1 to 5 on each criterion. For every score, give a one-line reason based on the facts. Mark a score "ASSUMED" if it is not supported by the facts I gave. 4. Show the matrix: Option | each criterion (score x weight) | Total. 5. Sensitivity check: would the winner change if the top-weighted criterion moved by 10 points either way? 6. Give the result, the main trade-off, and the 2-3 facts that, if they turned out different, would change the recommendation. Stay neutral. The decision is mine; your job is to make the trade-offs clear.

Works with: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Any LLM