Short, concise meetings or sessions where someone provides important information or instructions to a group of people.
From 'brief' (from Old French 'bref,' meaning short or concise). 'Briefing' emerged in military contexts in the early 20th century, describing short tactical information sessions before operations. The plural 'briefings' became standard corporate and political terminology.
Military briefings were designed to give soldiers maximum information in minimum time before combat—the format was literally life-or-death efficiency. Now every corporate meeting aspires to be a 'briefing,' but most are actually just conversations that could have been emails.
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