Lee and Chris talk about an interesting observation made during a morning run.

Looking at Dr. Sophie Leroy’s work on attention residue when switching between tasks. Some interesting science, and some very practical takeaways.

It’s worth building the mindset and habit of looking to set up tools for all of the important work you do. These days it’s usually possible to do almost everything you do on your computer on your phone, and almost everything you do on your phone on your computer.

Chris found two very useful use cases for OpenAI’s new ChatGPT tool, available for free at chat.openai.com - very cool… slightly terrifying. Maybe an important show to listen to.

Chris explores Gall's Law and the evolution of complex systems.

To sleep, or not to sleep, that is the question… a comprehensive answer to an age-old question. “If I’m working late, and both tired but getting a lot done — should I go to bed at a normal hour, or work later and take the penalty associated with that?” Comprehensive answer here.

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Chris and Sebastian are back to explore why some situations require an all out effort. Useful tool to evaluate when a situation might have a threshold effect.

Ever hear someone say “we should create a process for this”? Hmm. Sometimes these efforts work and sometimes they fail. In this episode, let’s draw a distinction between “process” (of which there are bazillions happening constantly on Planet Earth) and more formal “documentation” (which might or might not match the actual process). Particularly relevant to people in ops, team leaders, etc.

The majority of people start their week, psychologically and in terms of record-keeping, on Monday. They’re missing out.

Description: Actions Per Minute (APM) is an incredibly useful way to think about the world. In this show, we introduce the concept and talk about how to increase APM methodically.

Referenced:

→ http://www.ivanmazour.com/the-apm-principle-what-starcraft-teaches-us-about-real-life-success/

→ https://www.amazon.com/Unleash-Warrior-Within-Discipline-Confidence/dp/0738215686