#17 Curiosity

Curiosity beats motivation. /// Curiosity as a default mode of thinking fuels innovation. /// Curiosity quotient could be more important than IQ and EQ.

#16 Thriving People

Our state of mind can give a competitive edge. /// Good mental health ⇄ deliberate practice = better decisions → thriving humans. /// Who does your digital tooling serve?

#15 Writing To Think

Simplifying words builds deeper understanding. /// Prevent noise for clarity of thought. /// AI tools can enable mutual learning between AI and humans to improve the writing process.

#14 Technical Gains | Better Reading

Be an active reader. /// Choose your information diet, then focus on reading. /// Use GenAI to support understanding and competence build.

#9 Technical Gains | Cognitive Energy

Build awareness of your cognitive energy levels. /// Avoid stupidity - choose the right time to make difficult decisions. /// Design and use your systems to save energy.

#13 Technical Gains | Learning to learn

Mastery requires continual evolution of the learning process. /// Take your learning practice seriously. /// Select digital tools designed to enable learning.

#12 Technical Gains | Purpose

Purpose = clarity /// Purpose provides goals and direction - set your own. /// Work from purpose to design your operating system.

#11 Technical Gains | 2024

End of year reflection ///Our mission: is to help technical practitioners achieve and maintain mastery of a long-lasting knowledge work practice. One that is highly adaptive and which consistently harnesses the evolving capability of digital tools.

#10 Technical Gains | Multi-disciplinary Thinking

Multi-disciplinary, first principles knowledge is highest quality. /// Structure knowledge and mental models from multiple disciplines into a latticework. /// Building this competency in digital tools accelerates our core technical domain.

#8 Technical Gains | Leverage

Build specific knowledge → Design for leverage → Add digital tools → Apply. /// Leverage comes with responsibility.