Research.
Papers, filings, briefs, primary-source reads.
Read a 10-K like an analyst.
The reading order and the specific sections that carry the story. Skip the marketing letter; go straight to the footnotes that matter.
RESEARCHScaffold a literature review.
The map of the field before you write the prose — where each paper fits, what the disagreements are, and where the gap you're actually filling lives.
RESEARCHTurn a dense law into a two-page policy brief.
The version your team can actually act on — what it does, when it takes effect, who's affected, and what to do about it.
RESEARCHInterview prep from primary source.
The three questions worth asking, drawn from what they've actually written or said — not their Wikipedia page.
RESEARCHFact-check a claim, with a verdict.
Not 'here's more context' — a specific verdict on a specific claim, with the sources that would hold up to a follow-up question.
RESEARCHCompare two papers on the same question.
Where they agree, where they actually disagree (not where they use different words), and what would resolve the disagreement.
RESEARCHTrace a claim to its original source.
The pattern that separates a citation chain (secondary quoting secondary) from an actual finding, and tells you which one you have.