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🎮 The Next Input — Issue #003
Playbooks for a smarter work-day. Strategy Guide Friday Edition
Aaron Bost
July 04, 2025
⚡ The Briefing — 60 sec
WSJ: CEOs say the quiet part aloud. Execs at Ford, JPMorgan, and Amazon admit AI could erase swathes of white-collar roles within five years.
DJI unveils the Power 2000. Modular 2 kWh station fast-charges drones and scales to 22 kWh of home backup.
Softing ships OPC Suite 5.50. New security layer lets Siemens PLCs talk safely to any MES or cloud—zero code.
🛠️ The Playbook — Daily KPI Slack Digest
Mission Ship a four-bullet KPI summary to leadership every morning.
Difficulty Easy | Build time 25 min
ROI ≈ 2 hrs saved per week for a five-person team.
Step | Action |
|---|---|
1 | Trigger – Schedule by Zapier → Weekdays at 07:00. |
2 | Lookup – Pull today’s MRR, sign-ups, churn, NPS from Google Sheets. |
3 | AI Action – Prompt: “Summarise these KPIs in 4 bullets (≤20 words each) and end with one suggested action.” |
4 | Post to Slack – Send output to #kpi-daily and tag @leadership. |
5 | Fail-safe – On any error, DM #ops-alerts with the Zap link. |
Pro tip: Duplicate the Zap and translate the digest into 🇯🇵 for APAC teams.
📈 The Strategy Guide — ChatGPT Pro vs. Claude: A Power User’s $500/mo Breakdown:
I spend hundreds of dollars every month personally testing the highest tiers of every major AI model so you don't have to. This week, I’m pulling back the curtain on my entire premium AI stack.
In this deep dive, you’ll learn:
The real difference between the $20 ChatGPT "Plus" and the $200 "Pro" plan.
Which AI I use for brainstorming strategy vs. which one actually builds the business.
The one "save the day" moment a single AI solved a problem I was stuck on for hours.
The final verdict on which single tool is worth the money if you can only choose one.
This isn't a list of features. It's a real-world guide to how these tools fit together to drive revenue.
🎯 The Arsenal — Tools & Prompts
Asset | What it does | Link |
|---|---|---|
n8n | Self-hosted workflow builder with 700 + integrations; fair-code licence. | |
OpenPipe | Fine-tune GPT prompts, track cost & latency, roll back versions. | |
Prompt: 5-Min KPI Digest | Copy → paste into any chat model → instant KPI summary. | check below |
Act as my Ops Analyst. Using {{MRR}}, {{SignUps}}, {{Churn}}, and {{NPS}}, write 4 punchy bullets (≤20 words each) and one recommended action.
📈 Strategy Call
Last week we cut a retailer’s support tickets by 73 % with three zaps and one AI Action.
Want similar numbers? Book a free 30-min consult → Grab a slot
🕹️ Game Over
Ship one automation tonight — future-you will high-five present-you.
Hit reply with your win; the sharpest build gets featured.
— Aaron
Automating the boring. Amplifying the brilliant.
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