With the first intelligence brief nearing launch, I take you behind the scenes of building one from the ground up. From an early 10,000-word draft to a polished 3,000-word executive brief, this episode explores the messy process of turning raw data into insight and why human judgment is essential for quality, synthesis, and creativity.

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