27 November 2023
This week's additions focus on leadership, strategy, and mindset, with new digests from Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth, Cameron Herold, and Rob Walling. Highlights include Most PMs skip vision entirely — here's the full framework. Visibility and public speaking can outweigh profit sharing as retention.
Showing 50 digests for 27 November 2023.
Long-term planning
YouTube
A four-part annual planning process that actually sticks
Layla at ProcessDriven
December 1, 2023
Long-term planning
10
Goal setting
6
Spending 50% of planning time just thinking prevents wasted months on wrong goals
Target a year-end competency, not a revenue number — it captures more of what matters
Revenue is reverse-engineered last; savings and expenses come first
Founder interviews
Podcast
Navigating a leadership crisis: Web Summit CEO Katherine Maher
Masters of Scale
November 30, 2023
Founder interviews
10
Communication
8
Vision & mission
6
How to tell if a company has solid bones before a crisis role
Speed of CEO transition restored sponsor confidence within days
Why tech invited accountability by promising to change the world
Automation & tools
YouTube
A day in the life of scaling coaches
Bill Gallagher
November 30, 2023
Three distinct modes: team sessions, one-on-one calls, accountability groups
One-on-one work focuses on reframing how founders see their problems
Accountability groups let companies track and unblock each other collectively
AI tools & automation
YouTube
How Neil Patel and Eric Siu actually use AI in marketing
Neil Patel
November 30, 2023
AI tools & automation
9
Content marketing
8
AI content consistently loses to human-written content in traffic tests
The real AI opportunity is analytics and ad spend optimisation, not content
AI tool creation (calculators, widgets) drives backlinks at scale
Affiliate marketing beginner's guide: niche, programs, and SEO
Semrush
November 30, 2023
SEO
8
Content marketing
8
Niche selection
7
Validate your niche with data before creating any content
Spy on competitors' outbound links to uncover affiliate programs
SEO beats paid ads for sustainable, passive affiliate traffic
Founder interviews
YouTube
How a teenage founder built two companies by ignoring conventional wisdom
EO
November 30, 2023
Founder interviews
8
Cash flow management
7
Resilience & grit
6
Waiting until you're 'ready' is the costliest startup mistake
Six months of ignored investor updates turned a 'no' into a yes
Startups leave real money idle — Vesto automates the fix
Finding community and camaraderie as an EOS integrator
EOS Worldwide
November 30, 2023
Culture building
7
Resilience & grit
6
Integrators feel understood the moment they enter the room
IDS sessions reveal others share your exact struggles
Camaraderie replaces isolation — someone to solve problems with
Communicating a compelling vision to drive team alignment
EOS Worldwide
November 30, 2023
Vision & mission
9
Communication
7
A vision works by creating a void people want to fill.
The VTO documents vision across eight concrete components.
Simple language is what makes direction actually land.
Why the integrator should break the tie in leadership disputes
EOS Worldwide
November 30, 2023
Delegation
9
Business operating systems
6
Integrators, not visionaries, should break leadership deadlocks.
Visionaries must trust integrators or risk staying stuck in details.
Delegating tie-breaking authority frees visionaries for higher-leverage work.
Business operating systems
YouTube
How integrators hold visionaries accountable in EOS
EOS Worldwide
November 30, 2023
Business operating systems
9
Delegation
6
Visionaries need structure to feel free — even if they resist it
Agree on accountability terms before tension hits, not during
Integrators can leave visionaries who won't honour the agreement
Content marketing
YouTube
Growing your business with content, culture, and AI
GaryVee
November 30, 2023
Content marketing
9
Communication
7
AI strategy & adoption
6
Social media is scientific — post strategy, not just content
Kind candor: avoiding hard feedback destroys trust quietly
AI is commoditizing intelligence, not just physical labor
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Don't let inhumanity change who you are: Daily Stoic Q&A
The Daily Stoic
November 30, 2023
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
8
Why Marcus Aurelius says don't become the thing you hate
Insulate creative decisions from real-time stats and revenue
Personal alignment precedes professional output — always
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to build a tech startup without technical skills
Y Combinator
November 30, 2023
Hiring & recruitment
9
Business models
5
Recruiting a great technical co-founder is the only real job.
Dev shops and freelancers make a software startup nearly impossible.
Pitch adventure and co-ownership — not your idea needing a builder.
Hiring & recruitment
Podcast
17 interview questions that reveal self-awareness and judgment
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
November 29, 2023
The best questions make rehearsed, optimised answers impossible.
Eigenquestion test: which two questions unlock the most decisions?
Ask referees what feedback they'll give in the first review.
Business operating systems
YouTube
Six focus areas for growing your business in one year
Bill Gallagher
November 29, 2023
Business operating systems
9
Management
7
Cash flow management
5
Six distinct levers cover strategy, cash, execution, and people.
Coaching for retention reduces churn by developing succession internally.
Mastery module adds personal planning, balance, and strengths work.