
Clarify the brief
Organize the client's objectives, audience, budget, timeline and deliverables, listing questions that need further confirmation.

Start with client needs. Combine brand materials, market data and professional judgment to identify key issues, set priorities and define the next action.
AI organizes materials and identifies issues. The strategy team assesses and confirms the findings.
Distinguish known facts from information awaiting confirmation so the team knows where a judgment comes from and when it can be used.
When information is missing or conflicting, identify what needs to be added or confirmed.
Diagnosis, strategy and proposals use the same confirmed information.
Retain sources, versions and confirmation records so the team can check and discuss the reasoning.
Define objectives, audience, budget, timeline and deliverables so everyone works from the same brief.
Explain the brand's key issues and supporting evidence, distinguishing confirmed facts from judgments that still need validation.
Define what to address first, what to achieve and how to test it, giving the next proposal a clear direction.

Turn confirmed issues and action priorities into media, content, budget and execution plans.