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Jurassic Park, 1993. Pitched unfairly, 2026.

Revenue: zero. Visitors: zero. Containment: below plan. Same story, same numbers. Rebuilt the way we'd pitch it today.

Template: Board meeting

  • Q3 review
  • 1 island
  • Every KPI red
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1993 Board meeting

Jurassic Park

Revenue: zero. Visitors: zero. Containment: below plan.

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The story→12 slides

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Play the 2026 deck

Jurassic Park's board meeting, slide by slide

Every slide opens the live deck right where it is.

  1. Jurassic Park deck, slide 1: Opening weekend: below plan. 01Opening weekend: below plan.
  2. Jurassic Park deck, slide 2: The quarter in three lines. Line three is the ask. 02The quarter in three lines. Line three is the ask.
  3. Jurassic Park deck, slide 3: Five priorities, two green. One was the gift shop. 03Five priorities, two green. One was the gift shop.
  4. Jurassic Park deck, slide 4: Every KPI against plan. Every KPI is red. 04Every KPI against plan. Every KPI is red.
  5. Jurassic Park deck, slide 5: One storm, one switch, one long night. 05One storm, one switch, one long night.
  6. Jurassic Park deck, slide 6: Uptime held at 100%. Then it held at zero. 06Uptime held at 100%. Then it held at zero.
  7. Jurassic Park deck, slide 7: Root cause: one person could switch off the island. 07Root cause: one person could switch off the island.
  8. Jurassic Park deck, slide 8: Lowlights first. The highlights are shorter. 08Lowlights first. The highlights are shorter.
  9. Jurassic Park deck, slide 9: Revenue stopped. The animals still eat. 09Revenue stopped. The animals still eat.
  10. Jurassic Park deck, slide 10: Three decisions we need today. 10Three decisions we need today.
  11. Jurassic Park deck, slide 11: Three priorities for Q4. None of them is opening. 11Three priorities for Q4. None of them is opening.
  12. Jurassic Park deck, slide 12: Next meeting: on the mainland. 12Next meeting: on the mainland.

Then · 1993

How it really went

Read the real storythe 1993 film (from the 1990 novel), via Wikipedia
  1. A company builds an island theme park of cloned dinosaurs
  2. Its backers want outside experts to sign off before opening
  3. A small preview group tours the park for a weekend
  4. A tropical storm sends the supply boat off early
  5. A disgruntled programmer sabotages the control system
  6. The power fails and the fences go dark
  7. The staff restart the grid by hand
  8. Everyone left is evacuated by helicopter

Now · 2026 · 12 slides

What we changed

  • Every KPI turns red on cueVisitors, revenue, uptime, containment and NPS start on plan, then flip to red one row at a time. Containment: below plan.
  • The grid drops to zeroA control-room chart plays the weekend's power hour by hour, from 100% through the storm to zero. Scrub it yourself.
  • The board actually votesThree motions with costs and a recommendation. Click approve or defer and the tally gets minuted.
  • Lowlights before highlightsFour lowlights, three highlights, in that order. The gift shop is fully stocked.

Steal the structure

Build your board meeting like Jurassic Park did.

  1. 01 Cover and agenda The company, the meeting, the one-line truth, and the agenda. Send it as a pre-read.
  2. 02 TL;DR The quarter in three lines: what happened, where we are, what we need.
  3. 03 Scorecard Last meeting's priorities, each with its target and an honest red, yellow or green.
  4. 04 KPIs vs plan Every key metric against plan, with the variance and a status, bad ones included.
  5. 05 What happened A neutral, timestamped summary of the quarter's defining event. Facts, no adjectives.
  6. 06 The metric that broke One operational chart, annotated with the events from the timeline.
  7. 07 Root causes Two or three causes, not symptoms, each with a concrete fix. Blame the system, not the person.
  8. 08 Lowlights, then highlights Bad news first and longer. It buys trust for the good news.
  9. 09 Financials and runway Revenue, burn by line, cash, and months of runway, stated plainly.
  10. 10 Decisions needed Two or three motions with cost and recommendation, for the board to approve or defer.
  11. 11 Next quarter Three priorities with a target and one owner each. They become the next scorecard.
  12. 12 Close Questions, closed session, and the date of the next meeting. No thank-you slide.

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