The summit preparation files were a disaster.
Not visibly. On the surface they looked organized. Neat binders, labeled tabs, date-stamped documents. But the moment I started working through them properly, I found the problems.
Territorial correspondence filed out of sequence. Agenda items double-listed with different priority ratings. Three packs confirmed for attendance in one document, listed as pending in another. RSVPs without associated accommodation requests. Accommodation requests without confirmed RSVPs.
It was the kind of disorder that happened when someone was managing too much at once and patching gaps instead of fixing them.
I made myself a list. Then I made a second, better list.
By nine in the morning I had a full audit of everything that needed correcting. By ten I had
