The CFO leans in.
Slide 2:
The next morning, during the pitch to the executive team, the reaction is brutal. Five minutes in, the CEO starts checking his phone. The CFO squints at a complex waterfall chart and asks, “What am I looking at?” By slide 12, the COO interrupts: “Sarah, just tell me what you want me to do.” The project is put “on hold” (corporate for dead ). The CFO leans in
Two weeks later, Sarah presents “Project Ignite – Revived.” the COO interrupts: “Sarah
She walks into the boardroom. The same CEO, CFO, and COO are there, already looking at their watches. and COO are there
Sarah stammers. “But all the context—”
For the Gray Deck: “Uh… a lot of blue and some numbers I didn’t catch.”