Story Framework

Strategic Advisory

Consulting-style advisory deck applying Minto's pyramid: title, situation/complication/question, the answer in one sentence, and three argued points with a process. Use when the audience expects a recommendation and the case for it, in that order.

Beat Diagram

1Titletitle / text
2Situation, Complication, Question
3Answertext-1x / text
4Argumentstext-1x / text
5Argument 1text-1x / text
6Argument 2text-1x / text
7Argument 3text-1x / text
8Summarytitle / text

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OPF Config

narratives:strategic-advisory

Open Presentation Format

{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
  "name": "PPTX.gallery — narratives/strategic-advisory",
  "narrative": "strategic-advisory",
  "tags": [
    "gallery:narratives/strategic-advisory"
  ],
  "slides": [
    {
      "id": "gallery-preview-1",
      "layout": "title-slide",
      "title": "Narrative preview",
      "subtitle": "Storyline scaffolded by the \"strategic-advisory\" narrative.",
      "design": {
        "contentBox": false,
        "contentAlignment": "center",
        "titleAlignment": "center"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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Pace

15-45 minutes

8 beats

Audience Fit

executivesboardsleadership-teamsclients

Beat-by-Beat Guide

Title

Open with a one-line summary statement that captures the recommendation, not the topic. The title slide is the headline of the entire engagement — make it specific enough that someone reading only this slide already understands the position.

Instruction: Brief summary sentence

Situation, Complication, Question

Frame the engagement on a single slide: the relevant status quo, what needs to change, and the question that needs to be resolved. This is the SCQ shorthand — context, tension, prompt. Don't yet answer.

Answer

Deliver the recommendation in a single sentence. No arguments yet, no caveats. The answer is the apex of the pyramid; the rest of the deck supports it.

Instruction: A solution in one sentence, no arguments yet

Arguments

Preview the three top-level arguments that defend the answer. One slide naming all three so the audience knows where the deck is going. Each argument should be a complete claim, not a topic.

Instruction: Support the solution

Argument 1

Develop the first argument with supporting data, examples, and reasoning. Lead with the claim, then the evidence — Minto-style. The slide should stand alone if pulled out.

Instruction: First key point

Argument 2

Develop the second argument the same way. Vary the type of evidence — quantitative, qualitative, comparative — so the audience hears the case from multiple angles.

Instruction: Second key point

Argument 3

Develop the third argument and walk through the supporting process or methodology. This is often where the 'how' lives — the implementation insight that makes the recommendation feel actionable.

Instruction: Third key point with a process

Summary

Recap the answer and arguments in a single slide and point to additional resources. Close with the explicit next step you want the audience to take.

Instruction: Recap the answer, provide additional resources