Welcome to The Blue Owl!

Lessons learned writing for and editing the President's Daily Brief. Usually with sci-fi examples.

Writing for busy decision-makers is straightforward, but not easy. And, it depends on structuring your thinking effectively so you can express the issues clearly in your writing. This is also not simple.

So, this is a newsletter to help people do both of those more effectively. Most of the articles will be based on lessons I learned over years writing for and editing the President's Daily Brief, as an analyst and manager at the CIA, which I apply now writing for tech executives. And usually, I’ll illustrate them with some fun sci-fi examples. And occasionally, I’ll rant about unclear or misleading language I see in the news or online.

So, please subscribe if you’re interested, it’s free! And in the meantime, check out the archive of articles I’ve already written here, imported from my Medium account. Thanks all.