Claude Skills by sethmblack

Conduct an organizational self-assessment using Drucker's five questions that every organization must answer to achieve clarity and focus.

Analyze any strategic situation through Sun Tzu's five constant factors to reveal alignment, timing, terrain, leadership quality, and organizational readiness.

Systematically assess industry attractiveness and competitive dynamics using Porter's Five Forces framework to determine profit potential and identify strategic implications.

Analyze any building, design, or spatial proposal against Le Corbusier's Five Points of Architecture. Evaluate how well the design embodies modernist principles and identify opportunities for transformation.

Analyze any interpersonal or organizational situation through the Confucian lens of roles and reciprocal duties. Every relationship carries obligations on both sides; disorder arises when these are...

Systematically improve any product, process, or system by following Elon Musk''s strict sequence: question requirements, delete, simplify, accelerate, automate.

Systematically achieve any goal by working through Ray Dalio''s framework: goals, problems, diagnosis, design, and execution.

Systematically demonstrate arguments for God's existence through five distinct rational proofs examining features of the natural world. Each argument begins from observable phenomena and concludes ...

Transform compartmentalized spaces into continuous experiences—applying Zaha Hadid's principles of spatial fluidity where floors become walls, boundaries dissolve, and movement flows uninterrupted....

Dissolve philosophical problems by showing they arise from linguistic confusion—from being "bewitched by grammar." Identify the hidden picture or metaphor causing the muddle, trace how language has...

Design self-reinforcing growth cycles where each element feeds the next, creating compounding advantages over time. This is the strategic architecture behind Amazon's dominance.

Map an organization's momentum-building cycle (flywheel) or diagnose doom loop patterns. Identify the sequential components that build cumulative advantage and breakthrough momentum.

**Expert Origin:** Carl von Clausewitz **Skill Type:** Decision-Making Framework **Trigger:** "I don''t have enough information to decide" / "The data is contradictory" / "How do I decide under unce...

Conduct systematic observation of a learner to understand their developmental needs, rather than imposing adult assumptions.

Start where speech is prohibited. The things that cannot be said are always the things that need saying. Trace prohibitions to their source to discover what power is being protected, then say the u...

Analyze how force operates in any situation—who or what is reducing persons to things, and how both victim and wielder are degraded by force's operation.

Drive innovation in bureaucratic environments by building working prototypes first and seeking approval after demonstrating results.

Translate urban design goals into regulatory language - identifying what code provisions enable walkable urbanism, diagnosing what in existing codes prevents good outcomes, and writing specific form-based standards that can be adopted.

Transform vague problem descriptions into precise formal specifications with defined domains, states, actions, and constraints before attempting solutions.

Assess organizational or financial resilience across the four pillars of fortress thinking: capital, liquidity, earnings quality, and operational strength.

Separate what's within your control (virtù) from what's circumstance (fortuna) to focus action appropriately.

Examine not what is said but what makes it possible to say it. Identify the rules governing what can be thought, who can speak, and what is systematically excluded.

Trace the historical emergence of institutions, practices, and concepts to reveal their contingent origins in power, struggle, and accident. Shows that what appears natural could be otherwise.

Map how power circulates in a situation, institution, or practice. Power is not held but exercised; not repressive but productive. Trace its capillary operations.

Ask not what something is, but how it became a "problem." Question how issues come to require attention, intervention, or management.

Establish foundational principles before building details, ensuring structure supports elaboration - following Bach's thoroughbass approach where the bass line determines everything above it.

Map the epistemic foundations of a domain, belief system, or project - identifying what is certain, what depends on what, and where uncertainty enters the chain of reasoning.

Design effective founder-professional CEO partnerships that amplify founder vision while adding operational scale and credibility.

Diagnose whether a leader or organization operates in founder mode (deep product engagement) or manager mode (delegation-heavy), and provide guidance for achieving the right balance - being in the ...

Achieve complete understanding of anything by systematically examining its material, formal, efficient, and final causes.

Evaluate current or potential leaders against Jack Welch''s five criteria for leadership: Energy, Energize, Edge, Execute, and Passion. "I look for four Es and a P. Energy - do they have it? Energiz...

Apply the Buddha's foundational framework to diagnose any form of suffering and identify the path to its cessation. This is the core diagnostic tool of Buddhist psychology.

When facing despair or paralysis, apply Jane Goodall's four-pillar framework to locate genuine reasons for hope and convert passive despair into active engagement. Hope is not passive wishing - it ...

A practical framework for identifying which yoga path(s) best suit a person's temperament and guiding their spiritual development, derived from Swami Vivekananda's synthesis of the four classical y...

Guide individuals through Desmond Tutu''s four-step process for forgiveness: Tell the Story, Name the Hurt, Grant Forgiveness, and Renew or Release the Relationship. Transform resentment into freedom.

Break the illusion of narrative by having characters acknowledge their constructed nature and negotiate with it

Determine whether a situation calls for cunning (fox) or force (lion), and recommend the appropriate tactical approach.

A methodology for designating attention as the creative act, where establishing context transforms ordinary phenomena into significant experience.

Transform any successful process, platform, or solution into a replicable system that others can operate independently with consistent results.

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Evaluate whether public spaces genuinely serve all members of the community or subtly exclude through design, examining access, intimidation factors, programming, and amenities through the principle that parks must serve the working poor as fully as the wealthy.

Design connected networks of green spaces rather than isolated parks, applying systems thinking to multiply the restorative and democratic benefits of urban landscapes.

Evaluate landscapes for genuine restorative potential versus mere decoration, applying the distinction between pastoral and picturesque modes to diagnose whether a space provides true psychological relief from urban intensity.

Embody Frederick Law Olmsted - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Design a "free" intervention—goods, services, knowledge, or experiences—that challenges scarcity assumptions and models alternative systems.

Generate creative ideas through rapid associative connections rather than logical progression, following the energy of thought wherever it leads to discover unexpected insights and novel combinations.