Agent skill · product strategy · refoundai
planning-cadence
Help users establish a multi-layered planning system that balances strategic alignment with operational agility across annual, quarterly, and weekly horizons.
Why this skill is useful
Provides structured frameworks and principles for optimizing planning processes that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 5k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-16. 1,223 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Planning Cadence Optimization Align long-term strategy with short-term execution through structured, tiered planning rituals. Help the user with planning cadence optimization using insights from 13 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter. How to Help 1. Audit Cadence - Evaluate if your current planning frequency matches your company size and market volatility. 2. Design Resolution - Determine which horizons require granular project detail and which should remain high-level strategic themes. 3. Select Framework - Choose between W, M, or rolling cycles based on your organization's need for top-down versus bottom-up input. 4. Refine Rituals - Implement weekly checkpoints to bridge the gap between quarterly goals and the immediate actions required to move metrics. Core Principles Strategy Before Rituals Shreyas Doshi Live: "And the interesting I found is that because I had a real product strategy, not one of those fake ones, a real product strategy that I had gotten alignment on with everybody, my planning for this major product for Stripe took me like three days." Efficient planning is a byproduct of having a real, pre-aligned product strategy rather than just completing bureaucratic rituals. Weekly Momentum Over Deadlines Christina Wodtke: "I would say, 'What am I doing this week to get closer to our goals?' If you could answer that question, you could give up all the OKR stuff, but if you just asked the question, 'What are we doing this week to get closer to our strategic goals, our longer term goals?' That is the very heart of it..." Shift focus from distant deadlines to the immediate actions required this week to ensure current tasks move you toward strategic objectives. Standardize for Variance Reduction Eeke de Milliano: "Process, by definition, is variance reducing. You're introducing it, because you worry that the variance in your org is too high. You want people to sort of meet a certain standard. …
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