exec-narrative-patterns

name	exec-narrative-patterns
description	Audience-specific tone and format guidance for leadership communications. Use when drafting any /report:* output to tune length, framing, and technical depth to the reader (board, audit committee, CEO, weekly CISO, regulator).
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Exec Narrative Patterns

Different readers want different things. The same findings should not land the same way in a board deck, a CISO 1:1, and a regulator response.

Audience quick reference

Audience	Length budget	Opening line wants	Technical depth	What they skip
Full board	1 page max	Strategic posture one-liner	Low. No control IDs in body.	Operational detail, acronyms, tables with >5 rows
Audit committee	2 pages	Risk-and-assurance posture	Medium. Control families OK, not IDs.	Strategy monologue, vendor names unless load-bearing
Risk committee	2 pages	Residual risk movement	Medium-high. Framework names, risk scoring.	Program branding, tool selection detail
CEO weekly	Half page	What changed, what's blocking, what's asked	Low. Translate everything.	Framework politics, tool comparisons
CISO weekly	1 page	What moved, what's blocked, what's next	High. Control IDs, tool names, owner names fine.	Over-explained context