How to get your recommendations approved faster

Hosted by Davina Stanley

Wed, Apr 15, 2026

8:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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What you'll learn

Why your recommendations keep coming back

It's not what you think. The problem isn't writing quality. It's what happens before anyone writes a word.

The three shifts that cut approval time in half

Concrete changes to how you and your team work. Not writing tips. See how to slash rework and dramatically lift quality.

Why knowing isn't enough and how to make it stick

Most people have heard versions of these principles before. I lay out how to translate them into faster approvals.

Why this topic matters

Presentations are data-heavy. Insight-light. Hard to act on. Sound familiar? Even senior leaders get caught in this cycle. The problem isn't the writing. It's what happens before anyone writes a word. We have 30 minutes. Let's fix that.

You'll learn from

Davina Stanley

25 years helping leaders get complex ideas approved at the highest levels

Davina Stanley has spent 25 years helping leaders communicate complex ideas clearly enough to get decisions made.


Trained at McKinsey in Hong Kong and endorsed by Barbara Minto — the originator of the Pyramid Principle — she works with some of the world's largest organisations on exactly this problem.


This is not a writing skills session.


It's a session about changing where you start.


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