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The shift

How AI is changing the SVP role

AI now handles the time-heavy parts of an SVP role, like summarizing 80-page board decks, drafting first-pass strategy memos, and pulling themes from dozens of customer or employee comments. It can compare quarterly numbers across business units and flag what changed before your staff meeting. The result is more hours for judgment calls and fewer hours spent reading and reformatting.

What AI can take off your plate

  • Summarizing long board decks, contracts, and reports into one-page briefs
  • Drafting first versions of strategy memos, update emails, and announcements
  • Producing meeting transcripts, action items, and owner lists
  • Comparing quarterly numbers across units and flagging what moved
  • Researching markets, competitors, and regulations with sourced answers

What stays distinctly human

  • Deciding which bets to fund and which to kill
  • Reading the room and managing relationships with peers and the CEO
  • Coaching and developing your direct reports as people
  • Owning accountability when a call goes wrong
  • Setting the priorities and culture your AI tools only execute against
Tools

Five AI tools for SVPs

ChatGPT (GPT-4o)
An SVP pastes in raw quarterly data and competitor news to get a one-page summary and three strategic questions to raise with the CEO.
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Microsoft Copilot
An SVP uses it inside Outlook, Teams, and Excel to summarize email threads, recap missed meetings, and turn a financial model into talking points.
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Claude (Anthropic)
An SVP drops in a full board deck or contract and asks for a structured summary, open risks, and the decisions that need a vote.
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Otter.ai
An SVP records leadership and one-on-one meetings to get transcripts, action items, and owner assignments without taking notes.
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Perplexity
An SVP researches a new market, regulation, or acquisition target and gets a sourced answer with links to verify before sharing it up.
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Prompts

Five prompts to try today

Paste these into Claude or ChatGPT and replace the bracketed parts with your own details.

1. Board deck summary
You are my chief of staff. Summarize this board deck for [DIVISION] in one page: top three results, top three risks, and the two decisions the board must make. Flag any number that changed more than 10% from last quarter. Deck: [PASTE]
2. Staff meeting prep
Here are the weekly updates from my [NUMBER] direct reports: [PASTE]. Give me the three most important items, two things that look stuck, and four pointed questions I should ask in my staff meeting tomorrow.
3. Strategy memo draft
Draft a two-page strategy memo to the CEO recommending [DECISION] for [DIVISION]. Include the problem, three options with tradeoffs, my recommendation, cost and headcount impact, and the risks. Keep the tone direct. Context: [PASTE]
4. Performance review notes
Turn these rough notes on [EMPLOYEE NAME] into a clear, fair performance summary: two strengths with examples, two growth areas, and three goals for next quarter. Keep it specific and avoid generic praise. Notes: [PASTE]
5. Hard message to my team
Help me write a calm, honest message to my [TEAM SIZE]-person org about [CHANGE, e.g. reorg, budget cut, missed target]. Explain what is happening, why, what stays the same, and what I expect next. Two paragraphs, no corporate filler.
The playbook

Every AI play for SVPs

The full library of tools, prompts, and tricks for your role — updated every week. Tap any card for a step-by-step walkthrough and examples.

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A day in your inbox

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Today's Tool
Use Claude for the 90-page deck
Before the next board meeting, paste the full deck into Claude and ask for the decisions that need a vote and the unresolved risks. You will walk in knowing exactly where to focus instead of skimming at 11pm.
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Today's Prompt
Prep for your staff meeting in five minutes
Paste all your direct reports' weekly updates into the staff meeting prep prompt above. It surfaces what is stuck and gives you sharp questions, so you lead the meeting instead of reacting to it.
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Today's Trick
Always ask for the sources
When you research a market or competitor with AI, add 'cite your sources with links' to every prompt. Verify before you repeat anything to the CEO, since confident wrong answers are the real risk.
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