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Leadership
The "Front Page Test" for Decisions
Before any sensitive decision, ask: if published with full detail on tomorrow's front page, would I defend it with pride or look for an exit?
Leadership
Saying Yes to a Bad-Seeming Idea to Test It Cheaply
When an idea seems intuitively bad but its test cost is low, approve it as a cheap experiment instead of rejecting it on intuition alone.
Administrative
Inverted Pyramid (Minto)
Lead with conclusion first, then supporting arguments, then details — never the reverse.
Digital & AI
Testing 5 Thumbnails/Covers Before Publishing
Just as you brainstorm 10 titles, generate 5 different thumbnail/cover concepts, and pick via a small sample, not instinct alone.
Psychological
Just-World Test
"People deserve what happens to them" — test on people you love.
Social
Test Humor Before It Crosses Cultures
Before a joke with a multicultural group, run it through a filter: does it rely on local wordplay?
Social
Test Your Empathic Accuracy
After guessing what a close person feels, verify explicitly instead of trusting your hunch alone.
Administrative
Decision Stress Test
Before big commitment: "what if X drops 50%?" Test plan robustness.
Leadership
Knowledge Reversal Test
Imagine entering the decision with what you know today — would you still make it?
Leadership
Weekly Autonomy Test
5 questions every Friday: did reports decide without me? If not, why?
Digital & AI
Red-Teaming Your Own AI-Assisted Work
After completing AI-assisted work (report, presentation, plan), ask AI itself to attack the work as a strict external critic before submission.
Administrative
First-Hour Communications Plan
First hour of crisis: who to inform, what to say, how.
Professional
Value-First Outreach Message
Open outreach with concrete value you offer (an article, opportunity, intro) before any ask — response rates rise 5x.
Professional
High Anchor Strategy
Open higher than expected — becomes anchor for negotiation.
Professional
First 90-Day Plan
In new role, listen 30 days, plan 30, execute 30 — don't reverse order.
Social
FORD Topics for First Conversations
Use Family-Occupation-Recreation-Dreams as four safe entry doors for any new conversation.
Administrative
10-10-10 Test
How will I feel about this decision in 10 minutes, 10 months, 10 years?
Leadership
Role-Model Decision Test
Imagine someone you deeply respect and ask: "What would you do in my place?"
Psychological
Behavioral Experiment for a Prediction
Turn your anxious prediction into a testable hypothesis, then act and collect data.
Psychological
VIA Character Strengths
Free test reveals top 5 character strengths.
Leadership
Rapid Prototyping Mindset for Leaders
Before approving any big idea, ask: what's the cheapest, fastest version testable within a week, instead of waiting for a full plan taking months?
Professional
Decision Assumptions
Before any big decision, write 5 assumptions you relied on — test the weakest.
Digital & AI
AI Brainstorming 10 Titles
Don't pick the first title that comes to mind. Generate 10 with varied angles, then choose the best.
Digital & AI
AI-Assisted Spaced Retrieval
After a Socratic learning session, ask AI to generate retrieval questions at increasing intervals (1 day, 3 days, a week) instead of relying on random memory.
Digital & AI
AI for Code Review vs. Code Generation
Know when to ask AI to generate new code versus review existing code — the two uses need different prompts and different caution.
Psychological
Universalization Question
Your negative thought — if someone else thought it, would you agree?
Social
Discover Their Real Love Language
Don't assume your partner's love language — test it with three situations this week and compare reactions.
Leadership
First 72 Hours of Crisis: Decision Framework
In the first 72 hours of a crisis, 80% of the damage is locked in. This framework cuts damage in half.
Psychological
Universalizing Test
Your negative self-thought — if 100 people who know you heard it, how many would agree?
Psychological
Self as Context
You aren't your thoughts or feelings — you're the context they happen in.
Professional
Digital Hermit Mode
One day no internet — discover what you can truly produce.
Professional
Annual Theme
Instead of New Year resolutions, pick one "theme" (year of health, year of depth...).
Professional
Inverted Pyramid
In news writing: most important first, important next, extra last — reader gets it even if stops mid-way.
Professional
One Idea Per Paragraph
Each paragraph = one idea. If two ideas, split.
Professional
Compelling Hook
Open with shocking question, surprising stat, or personal story — grab first 5 seconds.
Professional
Third-Party Introduction
Instead of cold outreach, ask mutual connection for warm intro with ready phrasing.
Social
Reverse Mentorship
Mentor a younger person in new tech/culture, and learn from them in return.
Administrative
"What If I'm Gone?" Audit
If you vanished for two weeks with no contact, what stops? That's your urgent delegation list.
Administrative
One-Page Project Charter
Compress any project into one page: why, what, who, when, success looks like...
Administrative
Advanced Eisenhower Matrix
Sort 20 tasks from your list into only two quadrants: important-not-urgent and important-urgent.
Administrative
Zero-Based Weekly Calendar
Empty next week's calendar entirely, then add back only what truly deserves a slot.
Administrative
Fishbone: Cause-Effect Diagram
Draw a "fish skeleton" of the problem: head = issue, bones = cause categories.
Administrative
Theory of Constraints — Find the Bottleneck
In any system, identify the slowest process — it caps the whole system.
Administrative
Three-Layer SOP Design
Each SOP: one-line title, 7-step checklist, then reference details.
Administrative
Batch-to-Single-Piece Flow
Instead of processing 50 in one batch, process 1 then pass — faster, fewer errors.
Administrative
Decision Rights Matrix
Per decision type: who proposes, decides, consulted, informed.
Administrative
Escalation Path Design
Per issue type: when resolved at current level, when escalates up.
Administrative
Policy on One Page
Each policy: title, scope, 5 rules, exceptions, review date — one page only.
Administrative
Define the North Star Metric
One number summarizing your product's value to customer — every decision serves it.
Administrative
Vanity Metric Audit
Vanity metric always grows and unaffected by decisions — harmful because feels like success.
Administrative
Wiki Home Page Design
One page answering "where do I find X?" for 80% of team questions.
Administrative
Tribal Knowledge Audit
List "things only X knows" — each is risk if they leave.
Administrative
Onboarding Wiki
New hire week 1: one page with everything they need — not "ask so-and-so".
Leadership
BHAG: Big Hairy Audacious Goal
Choose a 10-25 year goal with a 50% probability that inspires both excitement and fear.
Leadership
Business Model Canvas
Sketch your business model on nine boxes on a single page to find gaps before launch.
Leadership
Red-Team Exercise
Task a separate team with attacking your plan as if they were a smart adversary — before reality discovers it.
Leadership
Pretotyping: Test Idea Before Building
Before building full product, test with "fake prototype" (10× simpler than MVP). Saves months + tens of thousands.
Leadership
Succession Planning: Who Replaces You?
For each leadership role in your team (including yours), 2-3 ready successors. Otherwise, you're a prisoner of your role.
Leadership
Ethical Decision Matrix
Before ethically murky decision, evaluate on 4 axes: legal/ethical/values/reputation.
Parenting
Teen Talk Without Solutions
When your teen shares a problem, don't offer a fix unless explicitly asked.