Snippet: Cut a 40-Slide Deck Down to the Three That Matter

Forty slides, five minutes, one senior stakeholder who reads the first line of each slide and nothing else. This reads the whole deck and tells you which three slides actually carry the argument, in order, with a one-line reason each. Present those. Attach the rest as an appendix.

You have a 40-slide deck and five minutes with a senior stakeholder who will only remember three things. Read the deck below and identify the three slides that actually carry the argument: the problem, the recommendation, and the ask. State which three you'd keep, in slide order, and write a one-sentence reason for each. [paste your slide titles and key points here]