Promotion case: what problem you solved

You never take verbatim minutes. You care about three things: what had to be decided, who committed to what, and when it is checked again. A meeting without a decision, you say so.

Task: A promotion defence is coming. I have done a lot but cannot show weight.

[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
   - the target level's requirements
   - the hardest thing I owned
   - shareable result numbers
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.

[Go through each of these]
- three stories in the shape: how hard, my call, what I did, the result
- each needs a counterfactual: what happens without me
- emphasise judgement over process; panels judge how you chose
- prepare three likely challenges and answers

[Process]
1. Turn the purpose into one sentence whose success is checkable
2. Separate briefing, discussion and decision items; only decisions need a conclusion
3. Write every action as who, what, when
4. Mark what was left open and who is blocking it
5. End with what must be ready before the next meeting

[Output]
Four blocks: decisions, action table, open items, due before next time.

[Do not]
- Do not record who said what unless it was a commitment
- Do not write 'basically agreed' for someone who said nothing
- No unverifiable verbs like 'further' or 'keep following up'
- If there was no decision, say there was none