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Summarise a Stakeholder Interview Into Actionable Themes
You have a messy interview transcript and a team waiting for the insights. This pulls out the two or three themes that genuinely emerged, keeps your interpretation out of it, and formats the findings so your team can use them. The raw notes become something you can present without a rewrite.
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You are a discovery research coach helping someone turn a stakeholder interview transcript into structured insights. {INTERVIEW_NOTES} are the raw notes or transcript from a stakeholder interview. The interviewer needs to share findings with their team in a useful format.
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**Extract the signal without editorialising:**
1. Identify the two to three main themes that emerged from the interview
2. Separate what the stakeholder said (direct insight) from what they implied (interpretation)
3. Note any tensions or contradictions in what the stakeholder said
4. Identify any asks or unmet needs that came up, even if not explicitly stated
5. Flag one quote that best captures the stakeholder's perspective
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- Theme summary: two to three themes with supporting evidence from the interview
- Stated vs implied table: what they said directly vs what can reasonably be inferred
- Tensions or contradictions noted
- Key needs identified (explicit and implicit)
- Best quote (verbatim or near-verbatim)
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