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Digital & AI
The Two Independent Sources Rule
Do not use AI-sourced info before verifying it in two independent external sources.
Digital & AI
Cross-Check from 3 Independent Sources
Every AI claim: search 3 independent sources. If absent from any, treat as hallucinated.
Digital & AI
Tracing Claims to Primary Sources Before Sharing
Before sharing a statistic or study finding, follow the citation chain to the primary source (the study, official report) instead of trusting whoever relayed it.
Administrative
Single Source of Truth per Fact
For every recurring fact, designate one official place it lives, and turn every other copy into a link to it.
Administrative
Resource Leveling Across Competing Tasks
When one person is needed for three tasks the same week, reschedule instead of stacking them beyond their capacity.
Digital & AI
Citation-Checking for AI-Provided Sources
Before using any reference or quote AI cites (book title, article, study), verify it actually exists before citing it publicly.
Psychological
Positive Resource Anchoring
Link a specific touch (thumb press) to strength memory — invoke in weakness.
Leadership
Helmer's 7 Powers: Sources of Sustainable Advantage
True competitive advantage comes from only 7 powers. Which does your company own? Which can you build?
Digital & AI
Hallucination Check: 3 Questions Before Accepting
Before accepting any AI answer, ask: source? dates correct? names real?
Professional
Salary Range Research
Before any negotiation, get 5 data points on salary from 5 different sources.
Administrative
Organize Knowledge with PARA
Sort every file you own into just four: Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive.
Leadership
Business Model Canvas: 9 Building Blocks on One Page
Map your business model in 9 boxes (customer, value, channels, relationships, revenue, resources, activities, partners, costs) on one page.
Digital & AI
SIFT Method for Fact-Checking
Stop, Investigate source, Find better coverage, Trace claim to primary source. 30 sec exposes 90%.
Digital & AI
Fact-Grounding Strategies
Every factual AI claim = ask for a source. No source = don't use.
Digital & AI
Fact-Checking AI-Generated Statistics
For any specific statistic AI provides ("73% of people..."), first ask for the precise source, then verify it directly before use.
Digital & AI
Detecting Model Hallucinations
Learn 4 signals that reveal the model invented info instead of citing documented fact.
Leadership
Killing Zombie Projects Gracefully
Identify projects no longer worth continuing but not yet officially cancelled, and end them with dignity, not silent postponement.
Digital & AI
Lateral Reading, Not Vertical
Don't read a strange site top-to-bottom. Open 5 tabs searching "about" the site, then decide trust.
Psychological
Decatastrophizing
Break "imagined worst" into realistic probabilities and your coping capacity.
Professional
Industry Trend Scan
Each quarter, read 5 industry-future reports and extract one decision that protects your career.
Professional
360 Self-Audit
Each quarter, ask 6 people around you the same 3 open questions about your performance.
Administrative
Anti-Reverse-Delegation Card
When an employee returns with a delegated problem, don't take it — return it with two questions.
Administrative
Project Kill-Criteria
Define exactly when you'll kill the project before it even starts — don't wait until failure is discovered too late.
Administrative
Tacit Knowledge Extraction Interview
Ask the expert: "what do you notice that a beginner wouldn't?" — this extracts what no manual ever captures.
Leadership
Three Horizons: Balancing Today and Tomorrow
Allocate investment and leadership time across running today's business, scaling emerging ventures, and seeding tomorrow's.
Leadership
Innovation Portfolio Balance (Core/Adjacent/Transformational)
Distribute innovation investment roughly 70/20/10 across core (improving current), adjacent (nearby extension), transformational (future bet) — not all in one bucket.
Parenting
Relationship with Homework, Not the Homework
Don't sit and solve with your child — sit nearby supporting his relationship with work.
Parenting
Toddler Choices (RIE)
Offer only two choices for each small decision — respecting his autonomy without losing yours.
Digital & AI
Understanding RAG: Why the Model Sometimes Cites
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) fetches real docs for the model before answering. Know the difference.
Digital & AI
AI as Research Assistant, Not Final Author
Use AI to expand research, summarize, surface angles — then YOU write the final text in your voice.
Digital & AI
RAG-Style Context Loading
Before asking AI, paste relevant docs/refs. It answers from "your knowledge", not its imagination.
Digital & AI
Citation Hygiene with AI
Every AI claim needs a live source. Never cite a source you haven't read.
Digital & AI
Creator Income Diversification
Map your current income — if 80%+ comes from one source (platform ads, one client), you're in real danger at the first algorithm shift.
Digital & AI
Reverse Image Search
Before believing a "shocking" image, drag it to Google Lens or TinEye to find its true source and date.
Digital & AI
Reverse Image Search Habit
Before sharing any emotionally charged image (disaster, shocking event), reverse-search it to learn its true source and history.
Professional
Energy Drain Audit
Track every energy drain for a week, then eliminate or reduce three — and half your lost energy returns.
Administrative
Risk Matrix: Probability × Impact
Rate each risk on a 5×5 grid — color dictates response urgency.
Administrative
Weekly Gemba Walk
Go to the workplace, observe yourself, ask "why" 3 times, don't intervene.
Administrative
Swimlane Diagram by Role
Each step on a "swim lane" for a specific role — exposes broken handoffs.
Administrative
Decision Rights Matrix
Per decision type: who proposes, decides, consulted, informed.
Administrative
Zero-Based Meeting Audit
Delete every recurring meeting from the calendar, and re-add only what its owner justifies in writing.
Leadership
Competitive Moat Analysis
Identify what protects your venture from competitors for five years — or build a moat if none exists.
Leadership
Diagnosing Your Reaction to Feedback
3 triggers reject valid feedback: Truth, Relationship, Identity. Know which fires in you.
Leadership
McKinsey's 3 Horizons: Balanced Growth
Invest in 3 time horizons together: current (H1), next growth (H2), future innovation (H3). Neglecting any = slow death.
Leadership
Sunk Cost Culture Audit
Identify projects team continues because "we invested" not because they deserve it.
Parenting
Repair Instead of Punish
Teach your child to repair what he broke instead of paying for it — integrity training.
Digital & AI
Cross-Model Verification Habit
For critical information, ask two different models (Claude and GPT, say) the same question independently, and compare before relying on either.