A Brief is a written intelligence summary on the subject of your choice, delivered on your schedule. It reports what is new since the last one, so nobody reads the same story twice.
Add the sections each audience needs: Stakeholder Movements, Competitor Moves, Geopolitics, Emerging Narratives and a Source Appendix for those who want to check the reporting.
Briefs arrive by email and every edition is kept, with its sources. On a quiet day the Brief says so rather than padding. Export any edition to Word to drop it straight into a board pack.
Hourly during a crisis, daily for the communications team, weekly for the executive committee, monthly for the board, or once for a one-off question. Set the time zone and it arrives when your readers start their day.
Every new workspace starts with a weekly Brief already set up from your onboarding answers. Templates such as Daily Executive Brief, Weekly Board Digest and Prospect or Due-Diligence Brief cover the common cases.