Before you commit to a CEO's request, ask why it matters and what problem it solves. The speaker explains how to protect your bandwidth by questioning urgency and importance, then experimenting with limited resources to see what actually moves the needle.
Ask the why and not just like why should we do this Again, really ask why is this urgent right now? Why is it priority? Often it's not. Again, it's just your CEO getting really excited about something, then you're going to swap it out. If it does really high priority, swap it out with another idea or simply just state the next time you can do it. I think there's power and a lot of what I do is just rather than asking like when should I get this done or just being like okay, next quarter I can work on it because this quarter I'm working on X, Y and Z. And then finally let's experiment with it. How can make sure if that you do have to do it. Right now your CEO is really excited that you can do it in a small way with limited budget and bandwidth. So it's not just taking over everything.