📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ylXk57w5dXo

Dima and Slava discuss a report from a foresight exercise by Aspen Digital about second and third order effect of AI, criticize the output, and agree with demise of practical skills driven by different kinds of automation.

- Second and Third Order Effects of A.I. (https://www.aspendigital.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Aspen-Digital_Second-and-Third-Order-Effects-of-AI_February-2025.pdf)

- AI or A.I.?

- What are foresight exercises?

- Wisdom of the crowd (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd)

- Biweekly 52: Needs Analysis (https://biweeklycast.com/season-two/52) – episode about chain of results

- Loss of practical skills is a real, but that is not necessarily related to AI

- Expeditionary Force (https://www.craigalanson.com/books) by Craig Alanson

- Remember "World Wide Web"?

📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/isVefNnhijI

Dima and Slava have read and now discuss "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!", a memoir by the renowned theoretical physicist Richard Feynman.

* Both Dima and Slava were impressed by style that was simple and easy going

* How true is the story is the story about Brazilian educational system? Seems legit

* Biweekly #16: Culture Map (https://biweeklycast.com/season-two/16)

* Feynman's foray into art and connecting hard science and humanities was especially interesting for Dima

* Slava was moved by Feynman's success as a musician

* Open mindset: "Make yourself available to interesting opportunities"

* Stories about "bar adventures" sound cringy in 2024

* Different attitude towards authorities in professional setting (there are no authorities) and amateur exercises (learning from those who had success)

* Trying different things and learning from them is really important

* The 99% Invisible Breakdown: The Power Broker (https://99percentinvisible.org/club/)

* Taste: My Life Through Food (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55360284-taste) by Stanley Tucci

* Cargo cult (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult)

📺 Watch this episode on YouTube (https://youtu.be/tpi7AhEabUY)

Dima and Slava discuss whether focusing on working faster can translate into improvements in the quality of the produced results and why or why not this may be the case.

* Podcast Focused (https://www.relay.fm/focused)

* Book "Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking" (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Fear-Observations-Rewards-Artmaking/dp/0961454733)

* Dima's idea of "everything can be done in two weeks"

* Are fast iterations always possible?

* Is moving fast only about iterations?

* Feedback function is important for learning

* Biweekly 36: How Big Things Get Done (https://biweeklycast.com/season-two/36)

* Deliberate practice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practice_%28learning_method%29#Deliberate_practice)

Slava started a new podcast called STRATsphere Talks about all things strategizing. In this episode Dima and Slava discuss thinking behind this new endeavor and learning after launching first episodes of the new podcast.

* Follow-up

* The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Broker)

* The 99% Invisible Power Broker Book Club (https://99percentinvisible.org/club/)

* STRATsphere Talks Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYMLJoHoUKHEWIWkkB93lsGpdql2jDtDJ)

* Differences between ongoing podcasts, like Biweekly, and limited series

* "Continuity" in podcasts

* Production: how the sausage is made

* Software for recording

* Riverside (https://riverside.fm/)

* Audio Hijack (https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/)

* Dynamics of recording in studio face-to-face and remotely

* Why YouTube is important for podcasts

* Feedback is sooo important for podcasters

* Hosting a solo podcast vs co-hosting

📺 Watch this episode on YouTube (https://youtu.be/DyJZfE-1RDA).

Slava wonders about planning ideal weeks and quizzes Dima about his approaches to balancing long-term and short-term and dealing with the unplanned.

* Discombobulation continues

* Slava's theme corner

* Some Bullet Journal videos

* Minimal Bullet Journal Setup (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK5VUuxGYr0)

* Simple 2024 Bullet Journal Setup (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6BU8ea-iJ0)

* Some articles from the Internet about ideal weeks

* How designing your ideal week can increase your productivity (and sanity) (https://mariepoulin.com/blog/design-your-ideal-week-increase-productivity/)

* How to Better Control Your Time by Designing Your Ideal Week (https://fullfocus.co/ideal-week/)

* Planning your ideal week (https://mikeyanderson.com/planning-your-ideal-week)

* Is something like "ideal" an acceptable terminology

* Planning for productive weeks

* Dealing with unplanned tasks and interruptions

* Weaving long-term thinking into short-term planning

* Meetings and no meetings days

* Detailed calendar planning: does it work?

* Planning multi-step activities for time efficiency

📺 Watch [this episode on YouTube](https://youtu.be/F39xfuzM6Tw)

In the last episode recorded in 2023 Dima and Slava discuss their yearly themes and talk talk what is in cards for them in 2024.

* Biweekly 9: Themes. 2023 Edition (https://biweeklycast.com/season-two/9)

* The Theme System (https://www.themesystem.com/)

* Your Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE) by CGP Grey

* Looking back at 2023 themes and laying out themes for 2024

* Themes and journaling

* Seasonal and monthly themes

* Resting meaningfully and intentionally

* Visual reminders for themes

📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/x724EDJjBbg

In this unusual book club episode Dima and Slava depart from their usual business literature repertoire and discuss sci-fi novel "We Are Legion (We Are Bob)".

* Follow up

* Dima is fascinated with the word "discombobulated"

* Challenges of taking notes while on the run

* "We Are Legion (We Are Bob)" on GoodReads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32109569-we-are-legion-we-are-bob)

* Challenges of human replication, artificial intelligence, self-identification

* Slava read all the books set in the Bobiverse and Dima tries to goes where the author takes the story

* "Fuzzy Nation" by John Scalzi on GoodReads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9647532-fuzzy-nation)

📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DkU497iK3dM

Dima describes his adventures into Zettelkasten and together with Slava they discuss ins and outs of note taking.

* Follow-up

* Rely on team to solve teamwork challenges

* Zettelkasten Method (https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/#the-introduction-to-the-zettelkasten-method)

* Niklas Luhmann (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Luhmann) published over 70 books and nearly 400 scholarly articles on variety of subjects

* Videos about Zettelkasten, Obsidian, and smart notes

* Zettelkasten Obsidian Workflow (https://youtu.be/HSTOSWOhNo4)

* How to take smart notes (https://youtu.be/5O46Rqh5zHE?si=8CRVFRE7kx5vDAp7)

* Slava uses Sidekick Notepad (https://youtu.be/vMpGWDA_ih8)

* Note taking software

* Logseq (https://logseq.com/)

* Obsidian (https://obsidian.md/)

* Notion (https://www.notion.so/)

* Book "How to Take Smart Notes" (https://www.soenkeahrens.de/en/takesmartnotes)

* Atomic note – a note that represents exactly one idea

* Literature and fleeting notes

* Biweekly 28: No Rules Rules (https://biweeklycast.com/season-two/28)

* Power of Zettelkasten is in connecting the notes

* Can the time invested into organization of the notes really pay off?

* What do organization of photos and notes have in common?

📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sZNscsoJma0

Slava talks about the experience he had facilitating co-creation of L&D course and together with Dima they brainstorm ideas for overcoming challenges Slava encountered.

* Dima once again tried to pronounce "Birmingham" correctly

* Baader-Meinhof corner: word "illustrious" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illustrious)

* L&D Mastery course (https://peoplefirst.club/courses/learning-and-development-mastery)

* Collective creativity

* Points (https://points.work/) series of events was creative

* 3 ways a problem and a team shape one another

* Assemble a team and let it find the best problem to solve

* Define a problem and then put together the best team that can solve

* Something in between

* Slava's MMFD to driving co-creation in a diverse team

* Motivation

* Meetings

* Freedom

* Deadlines

* Dima's thought pitfalls to avoid

* Do not stick to original plan (or idea) to religiously

* When evolution of the project runs into a dead end, don't be afraid to take a step or two back

* Mistakes Slava made in the process

* Over-managing the meetings not giving enough room to meaningful discussions

* Not creating convenient space for collaboration

* Lack of regular 1:1s

* Allow the team to self-organize!

* How to get the team to engage and care about the whole project

* Tuckman's stages of group development: forming–storming–norming–performing

* Developers, developers, developers! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxbJw8PrIkc)

* How to keep interest in the project going after the initial boost of enthusiasm?

* Next project: centralized or de-centralized?

📺 Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4_8Db7zVHGY

Dima and Slava sit with Viktoria Pysarenko to talk about Vita's experience of attending a transformative experience by Tony Robbins, general idea of such motivational events, and the lessons they teach us.

* Vita's Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/victoria_pysarenko_vbs/)

* What is Unleash the Power Within? (https://www.tonyrobbins.com/stories/unleash-the-power/what-is-upw/)

* Is this a training? Is this an even? Is this a "happening"?

* If Tony Robbins is a coach, how does coaching work with 12,000 people

* Physical activities to get the body and the mind in the desired state

* Effect of the crowd in the experience

* What people come for knowledge or emotional boost?

* The idea of communal experiences

* Things in common between Tony Robbins trainings, big concerts, and going to stadium for a football game

* David A. Sinclair(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Sinclair), who researches aging

* Is it worth to attend such a training online?