You only get 100 pennies.
Imagine walking into an EOS meeting with 100 pennies representing the collective thinking capacity of the room.
Every new problem costs pennies.
Understanding the issue costs pennies.
Figuring out what we’re trying to accomplish costs pennies.
Exploring options costs pennies.
Making the decision costs pennies.
Eventually, we run out.
If humans came with an AI-style warning, it might say:
“You’ve used all your thinking tokens. Your tokens will renew tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., after a full night’s sleep.”
We all have a limited number of high-quality thinking tokens.
The question is where we spend them.
That’s leverage.
A leadership meeting should be where we do our highest-value thinking, not where we use expensive human thinking tokens figuring something out from scratch.
And now we have an incredible advantage.
AI is your low-cost thinking partner, with access to the accumulated knowledge of civilization.
Use it before you enter the room.
If you own a Rock, do the thinking before you ask the team to spend their pennies on it:
- What specifically are we trying to accomplish?
- How will we measure success?
- Is it achievable with the people and resources we have?
- Why does it matter to our larger goals?
- What are the key dates?
- What are the major steps?
- What does the finish line look like?
- What resources need to be lined up?
That is essentially what Walt Brown’s Rock Planner forces you to think through.
Use AI to challenge your answers. Find the holes. Explore alternatives. Sharpen the plan.
Then bring the team what actually requires the team.
Their judgment.
Their experience.
Their perspective.
Their ability to see what you can’t.
The goal isn’t to save your 100 pennies.
Spend them all.
Just spend them on the highest-value thinking you can.
Stay curious,
JBS