The process you already run
You've been running the process in your head.
It works. Until it doesn't.
You know what a tight argument looks like. You've been building them for years. Whether from the firm or from the field.
Your thinking is sharp. That was never the problem.
The gap
They don't run the process in their heads. They built it as infrastructure.
The leading strategy firms spent decades building internal systems for exactly this.
Every argument runs through structured phases before it reaches the boardroom.
Not smarter thinking. Better infrastructure.
You compete against that infrastructure with discipline alone.
The failed alternative
Every AI slide tool you've tried solves the wrong problem.
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Prompt in. Twenty slides out. Thirty seconds.
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The output looks polished. The argument doesn't hold.
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Generic filler where your insight should be.
You don't need faster slides. You need a tested argument.
What if you had the same infrastructure?
Not a course you take once. Not a template you fill in.
A system that stress-tests your argument before the boardroom does.
You map the problem before you touch a single slide.
The briefing is thin. You don't know who decides, what's at stake, or which question to answer.
What you do
You break the problem into an issue tree — clean branches, no gaps, no overlaps. Each hypothesis testable. Priorities ranked by impact.
What you get
A structured problem with clear priorities. The foundation everything else builds on.
You build one clear narrative. One core message crystallizes.
You have content but no red thread. Slides sit next to each other, not on top of each other.
Situation — The context your audience already accepts
Complication — The tension that creates urgency
Question — The one question that follows logically
Answer — Your core message. Validated by the system.
One core message. The sentence your audience repeats after the meeting.
You structure the argument top-down. Every claim tagged, every gap exposed.
No clear argument sequence. No evidence status. Unbacked claims waiting to be exposed.
Tagged
Fact
Source verified. Holds under scrutiny.
Tagged
Hypothesis
Needs validation. Flagged before it breaks.
Tagged
Missing
Gap identified. Before your audience finds it.
An argument structure where you see the gaps before your audience does.
Phases 01–03: Your thinking, structured
That's the thinking.
Here's what only Rigon adds.
Phases 04–06: Your infrastructure
You lock in Action Titles and slide types. The skeleton stands.
No specification. You jump into PowerPoint and the form dictates the content.
A complete slide blueprint. Every slide knows why it exists.
Your argument gets stress-tested before the boardroom does it.
Blind spots. Untested claims. No rehearsal. No preparation for the hardest questions.
Adversarial Review
Simulated stakeholders challenge every claim.
Three jury roles. Your audience's toughest questions, before the meeting.
Dry Run
Timing, transitions, audience reaction.
Speaker notes built from substance, not from templates.
What you get
Speaker notes. Q&A prep for the questions you'd rather not get. A deck that holds.
Finished slides. Rendered from your tested argument. Clean .pptx.
Hours of pixel-pushing to turn a solid argument into a presentable deck.
The system renders
Charts from your data points
Tables from your definitions
Action Titles in place
A finished .pptx that works in PowerPoint.
No layout breaks. No generic filler. Every slide backed by a tested argument.
Exports to clean .pptx. Every time.
Six phases. Quality gates between each.
The discipline is the infrastructure.
You have the strategic mind.
Now you have the infrastructure.
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We'll reach out when your spot opens.
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What is SCQA?
SCQA stands for Situation, Complication, Question, Answer. It is a storytelling framework developed by Barbara Minto at McKinsey & Company. Consultants use SCQA to structure the opening of a presentation: the Situation establishes shared context, the Complication introduces tension, the Question arises naturally, and the Answer provides the governing thought of the deck.
In Rigon, you run your narrative through SCQA in Phase 2. The system checks whether your Question actually follows from Situation and Complication before you move on.
What is top-down argument structure?
Top-down argument structure means leading with the answer, then supporting it with arguments, each backed by evidence. This approach — sometimes called pyramid structure, developed by Barbara Minto — ensures that every level of the argument is complete and non-overlapping (MECE). The audience gets the conclusion first, then the reasoning.
In Rigon, you build your argument structure top-down in Phase 3. The system checks completeness at every node and flags gaps before you move to the slide blueprint.
What is MECE?
MECE stands for Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive. It is a principle used in management consulting to ensure that a set of categories covers everything without overlap. McKinsey, BCG, and Bain use MECE as a quality standard for issue trees, slide structures, and argument frameworks.
In Rigon, MECE is checked at every level of the issue tree (Phase 1) and the argument structure (Phase 3). Gaps and overlaps get flagged before you move forward.
What is an Issue Tree?
An issue tree is a visual framework for breaking a complex problem into smaller, manageable parts. Each branch represents a sub-question or hypothesis. The branches must be MECE — mutually exclusive (no overlap) and collectively exhaustive (nothing missing). Management consultants use issue trees to ensure they address every aspect of a problem before jumping to solutions.
In Rigon, you build an issue tree in Phase 1. The system checks whether your branches are complete and non-overlapping, and helps you prioritize by impact and effort.
What is Evidence Tagging?
Evidence tagging means labeling every claim in your presentation with its evidence status. In Rigon, each claim gets one of four tags: [FACT] with a verified source, [INFERENCE] with the reasoning behind it, [RISK] with a causal chain of what could go wrong, or [MISSING] with the consequence of not having the data. This happens throughout all six phases, not just at the end.
The result is a full evidence audit. You see exactly where your argument is solid and where it relies on assumptions — before your audience finds out.
What is a Slide Blueprint?
A slide blueprint (sometimes called a ghost deck or skeleton deck) is a complete specification of every slide before any visual design happens. Each slide has an Action Title (a statement, not a description — e.g., "Revenue grew 12%, margin didn't" instead of "Financial Overview"), a slide type (chart, table, framework), and defined data needs. When you read the Action Titles in sequence, a coherent story emerges.
In Rigon, you build the slide blueprint in Phase 4. The system checks whether each slide serves the argument and whether the sequence tells a story before a single pixel gets rendered.
FAQ
How is Rigon different from Gamma or Beautiful.ai?
Those tools generate slides from a prompt. Rigon runs your argument through six phases of structured methodology before a single slide gets rendered. What comes out is based on a tested argument, not on what you typed into a text box.
What do I get at the end?
Finished slides rendered from your tested argument. Speaker notes that are grounded in the storyline. A Q&A preparation with the hardest questions anticipated. And a full evidence audit where every claim is tagged as fact, inference, risk, or missing.
Is my client data safe?
Yes. Your presentations are stored in your workspace with enterprise-grade security. We don't train on your content.
What does it cost?
During beta, Rigon is free. Pricing will be announced after beta.
Who is Rigon for?
Consultants, strategists, and anyone who builds presentations where the argument matters more than the layout. It doesn't matter whether you learned structured argumentation at a firm or from experience.
What is the Dry Run?
In Phase 5, Rigon walks through your presentation slide by slide as if presenting it. It checks whether the substance holds, whether transitions make sense, and whether the timing works. Then it switches perspective and looks at the deck as the audience would. You get speaker notes, the toughest anticipated questions, and a diagnosis of where things might break.
What is Evidence Tagging?
Every claim in your deck gets a tag: [FACT], [INFERENCE], [RISK], or [MISSING]. You see exactly where your argument is solid and where it relies on assumptions. Learn more about Evidence Tagging.