WEEK 1 · GET MOVING · 8 min

The Meeting Autopsy

Take a meeting that went sideways. Let AI run the autopsy — what really happened, and exactly what you'd do differently.

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Here's a meeting that didn't go the way I wanted:

[who was there, what I wanted out of it, and how it actually went]

Run an autopsy for me. Tell me:
1. What was the real dynamic in the room that I might have missed?
2. Where did I lose control of the conversation, and why?
3. What was each key person actually optimizing for?
4. The one thing I could have said that would have changed the outcome.
5. If I get a second shot at this, my exact opening line.

Claude

I have a meeting tomorrow with our biggest client. They're unhappy about delivery timelines. I don't have great news.

Opening line (not "thanks for meeting"):
"I know the timeline hasn't been what you expected. I want to walk you through exactly where we are, what went wrong, and what we're doing about it."

The question that changes the dynamic:
"If we could guarantee the revised timeline, what would that unlock for your team?"

What they're thinking bu...

Most meetings go wrong because everyone's optimizing for something unspoken. Naming it is half the fix.

You may get that second shot sooner than you think.

TODAY'S INSIGHT

Every bad meeting is a lesson. AI helps you extract it instead of just replaying it at 2am.

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