Run the First 10 Minutes of a Discovery Meeting

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Run the First 10 Minutes of a Discovery Meeting

Also useful for: people in Finance

15 min Intermediate Communication Communicate Better

You guide the first 10 minutes of a client meeting from a clear purpose to a confirmed need and a useful next step, without jumping into product talk.

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Make Your Play

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You can keep discovery meetings focused, ask better follow-up questions, and avoid recommending a product before you understand what your client is trying to change or protect.

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What you'll do

This is the plan inside your prompt. Add your details first. Then follow these steps with ChatGPT or Claude.

01 Set your purpose and boundary You open by explaining what you'll cover and make it clear that you want to understand the situation before discussing possible products.
02 Find the recent change You ask about what has changed instead of treating the first product request as the full need.
03 Uncover the concern behind the request You explore the desired outcome, urgency, and consequences without steering your client toward a product.
04 Confirm what matters most You turn what you heard into one need statement and give your client a clear chance to correct it.
05 Agree on what to examine next You close the opening by naming the information or options worth reviewing, without presenting a product as the answer.

Use this when

Use this before a new client meeting, an account review, or any conversation where your client has mentioned a product but hasn't clearly explained the underlying need.

You'll need

  • Meeting context
  • Known context
  • Stated request
  • Recent change
  • Conversation limits
  • Preferred next step

Fill these in the prompt workspace.

You'll get

  • A 10-minute plan with a clear opening, questions about recent changes, follow-ups that uncover the underlying concern, a confirmed need statement, and a product-neutral next step
  • You can explain the client's need without naming a product.

By the end of this playbook

You will have:

  • A 10-minute plan with a clear opening, questions about recent changes, follow-ups that uncover the underlying concern, a confirmed need statement, and a product-neutral next step
  • You can explain the client's need without naming a product.
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