Start the day with a brief on every meeting and thread

We open the morning brief: "Your briefing — 2 meetings today, 4 things need you." It walks both external meetings on the calendar — who each person is, what their firm does, the dated history of the thread down to which link you sent when, what's missing (a call happened today with no recording or notes), and a suggested angle to open with. Below the meetings it stacks the rest of the day: four high-importance threads that already have replies drafted for your review, campaign replies waiting on a priority decision, four threads gone overdue with how many days each has slipped, updates on the people you watch, and the top news with a line on why each item matters to you. You don't ask for any of it — the brief arrives before you start.