Search: "decision-memo"

#business #strategy #planning

business Advanced

Pressure-test a strategy before you commit a quarter to it

Act as a skeptical board member who's seen plenty of strategies fail. I'm about ...

#finance #debt #investing

finance Intermediate

Decide between paying off debt and investing without overthinking it

I have [DEBTS — type, balance, interest rate] and [INVESTMENT/SAVINGS CAPACITY —...

#business #operations #principles

Write a one-page operating principles doc the team will actually remember

I want to write a one-page operating principles document for my team — the kind ...

customer-service Advanced

Build a triage rule that doesn't make easy tickets wait behind hard ones

Our support queue gets jammed because complex tickets sit at the top and easy on...

#customer-service #triage #support-operations

productivity Intermediate

Audit a week of calendar time to find the meetings that secretly cost the most

I'll paste my last week of calendar entries below (or summarize them). I want to...

#productivity #time-management #meetings

#design review #collaboration #engineering handoff

design Beginner

Run a 30-minute design review that the engineer doesn't dread

Design a 30-minute design review with one engineer who will implement the work. ...

#meetings #transcripts #decisions

writing Intermediate

Convert Meeting Transcripts into Decisions, Actions, and Open Questions

You are a meticulous chief of staff. I will paste a raw meeting transcript (pote...

data Advanced

Validate a survey result that contradicts your hypothesis

My survey of 400 users says they want [feature X], but everything else I know (s...

#data #research #survey

#email #internal-comms #leadership

email Advanced

Announce a leadership departure without rumor-mill spillover

You are an internal communications lead. Draft a company-wide email announcing t...

#finance #personal-finance #capital-allocation

finance Intermediate

Decide between paying down debt, investing, or holding cash with one framework

You are a personal finance strategist. I have $[AMOUNT] of monthly surplus, $[DE...

#hiring #build-vs-buy #org-design

Decide whether to build an in-house team or contract the work out

I'm deciding whether to hire an in-house team for [function — design, engineerin...

#marketing #competitor-analysis #strategy

marketing Advanced

Audit a competitor without convincing yourself you need to copy them

I'm doing a competitor audit on [competitor] before [decision — repositioning, n...

#email #status-update #stakeholder-management

email intermediate

Write a status update email that earns trust instead of asking for it

Act as a senior communications coach. I send weekly status updates to a skeptica...

#coding #refactoring #technical-debt

coding intermediate

Decide whether to refactor a module before adding a new feature or after

Act as a staff engineer reviewing a refactor-or-ship decision. I need to add a f...

customer-service Intermediate

Write a Refund Decision That Doesn't Sound Like a Boilerplate No

Help me write a refund decision response. Customer's request: [WHAT THEY ASKED]....

#customer-service #refunds #decisions

#scope-change #project-management #stakeholder

email Intermediate

Write a Calm Reply to a Last-Minute Scope Change Request

Help me write a calm, professional email reply to a stakeholder who is requestin...

#business #product #prioritization

Should-We-Build-This Filter Before You Spec a Feature

Before I spec out [feature name and 2-sentence description], run me through a qu...

#creative #logline #pitch

creative Intermediate

Write a Logline That Sells the Story Without Spoiling It

I need a logline for [project name] that I'll use on [where — a pitch deck, my a...

#partnership #evaluation #scorecard

Business: Score a Partnership Proposal Against What You Actually Need

I got a partnership proposal that sounds good but I can't tell if it's actually ...

productivity Intermediate

Productivity: Cut Your Recurring Meetings in Half

Help me audit my recurring meetings and recommend which to kill, shorten, or con...

#meetings #calendar-audit #async

#big-purchase #asset-vs-liability #decision

finance Intermediate

Finance: Decide Whether a Big Purchase Is an Asset or a Liability in Disguise

Help me think through whether this big purchase is genuinely an asset or a liabi...

#email #follow-up #gentle-reminder

email Beginner

Email: Follow Up on Something That's Been Ignored for Two Weeks

I sent an email two weeks ago and got no reply. Rewrite a follow-up that doesn't...

#business #hiring #decision-making

Business: Decide Whether to Hire, Contract, or Outsource a New Function

I need a new function in the company (e.g., design, finance, ops) and I'm torn b...