This sounds like an absolute advantage for leaders.
Moving from "gather/process/analyze" to simply "prompt/review/apply" is a massive shift in how strategic work gets done. It moves you out of the weeds and back into leading.
This is exactly how I use ChatGPT Agent too, not to do the thinking for me, but to remove the 80% of work that prevents me from thinking clearly in the first place.
It's like having a junior analyst who does all the grunt work for me. 🥰 Suddenly, I'm free to actually think about what it all means instead of just drowning in tabs.
Saving time on busy work frees up time to engage with your team and to spend heads-down time being strategic. Great tips here for Agent prompts and real time savers. Thank you, Joel!
Brilliant breakdown! The shift from gathering data to strategic prompting is exactly what leaders need. Your practical examples make Agent feel accessible, not overwhelming. Thanks for the roadmap!
This is really cool. For YouTube, I think I understand that probably browsing manually will uncover more videos. But for a website, I am trying to understand if the deep research agent they have would probably do a similar job to what you describe. Did you find some limitations when you try to use that?
Some websites like Levi jeans stop agents from accessing, that’s the main one. Deep research works for me when I don’t have set sources, but when I want to follow a certain number of channels in YouTube or Reddit, and want to control those sources, agent works best
This is great and timely because I'm trying to "leverage" (hate this word but it's morning and nothing else comes to mind) YT more. Looks like it'd be super worth it for my content strategy. So thank you!!! ❤️
I’ve noticed that most people lose clarity not from lack of tools, but from scattered systems. The way you use Agent feels like structure meeting creativity in real time.
It makes me curious — how do you decide what research deserves automation versus reflection?
Great question! To me, automation only comes in once there has already been reflection on my part and I am sure of how to articulate the automation needs clearly.
This is a masterclass in turning AI into strategic leverage. Leaders who implement these Agent-driven research prompts don’t just save hours, they gain foresight and clarity that manual methods can’t match. The 12-prompt library is the blueprint for anyone serious about leading with intelligence rather than reacting to noise.
This sounds like an absolute advantage for leaders.
Moving from "gather/process/analyze" to simply "prompt/review/apply" is a massive shift in how strategic work gets done. It moves you out of the weeds and back into leading.
100%! It’s the kind of advantage that was only available for those who could hire multiple assistants
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Love the ‘research collapse’ framework.
This is exactly how I use ChatGPT Agent too, not to do the thinking for me, but to remove the 80% of work that prevents me from thinking clearly in the first place.
Thanks for writing such a valuable post.
Thanks, @Nitin! I imagined you were doing something similar!
It's like having a junior analyst who does all the grunt work for me. 🥰 Suddenly, I'm free to actually think about what it all means instead of just drowning in tabs.
Yes!!! It really is mind blowing how much time we can get back
Great insights and tips here 🙏
Thanks, Doland!
Saving time on busy work frees up time to engage with your team and to spend heads-down time being strategic. Great tips here for Agent prompts and real time savers. Thank you, Joel!
I have so many automated GPT agent prompts running weekly, haha, but for exactly that, gives me more time for the uniquely human pieces
Great read Joel! Thanks…but I’d like to say…
Leaders gain more clarity by letting AI do the work, not just advise on it.
That’s it!
Brilliant breakdown! The shift from gathering data to strategic prompting is exactly what leaders need. Your practical examples make Agent feel accessible, not overwhelming. Thanks for the roadmap!
Really glad to hear that :) thank you
This is really cool. For YouTube, I think I understand that probably browsing manually will uncover more videos. But for a website, I am trying to understand if the deep research agent they have would probably do a similar job to what you describe. Did you find some limitations when you try to use that?
Some websites like Levi jeans stop agents from accessing, that’s the main one. Deep research works for me when I don’t have set sources, but when I want to follow a certain number of channels in YouTube or Reddit, and want to control those sources, agent works best
That makes sense. Thanks for sharing. Yeah there’s definitely a restriction some websites place. Makes sense on controlling sources too!
Especially since most of ChatGPT deep research is Reddit haha
This is great and timely because I'm trying to "leverage" (hate this word but it's morning and nothing else comes to mind) YT more. Looks like it'd be super worth it for my content strategy. So thank you!!! ❤️
For sure!
Love how this reframes AI from a novelty into a genuine operating advantage.
This is such a game changer. Thanks for this awesome resource.
This is brilliant.
I’ve noticed that most people lose clarity not from lack of tools, but from scattered systems. The way you use Agent feels like structure meeting creativity in real time.
It makes me curious — how do you decide what research deserves automation versus reflection?
Great question! To me, automation only comes in once there has already been reflection on my part and I am sure of how to articulate the automation needs clearly.
This is a masterclass in turning AI into strategic leverage. Leaders who implement these Agent-driven research prompts don’t just save hours, they gain foresight and clarity that manual methods can’t match. The 12-prompt library is the blueprint for anyone serious about leading with intelligence rather than reacting to noise.
Suhrab, I appreciate that!
Thanks!