PRODUCTIVITY

The Skunk Works Principle, what it is, how Lockheed's Skunk Works proved it works with incredible results, what the research says, and 3 protocols to build a Skunk Works team inside your own company so you can move faster and deliver more.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Staats, B.R., Milkman, K.L., & Fox, C.R. (2012). The team scaling fallacy: Underestimating the declining efficiency of larger teams. Organizational Behavior and Human D...

The Overlap Tax, what The Overlap Tax is, why having too many productivity apps is costing you more than money, and 3 protocols to build a minimalist tech stack that keeps you productive without the chaos.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Murty, R.N., Dadlani, S., & Das, R.B. (2022). How Much Time and Energy Do We Waste Toggling Between Applications? Harvard Business Review.

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Professional jealousy,  what it is, why psychologists say Professional jealousy is one of the most honest emotions you'll ever feel, and 3 protocols to turn professional jealousy into a personal roadmap for what you want next.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. van de Ven, N., Zeelenberg, M., & Pieters, R. (2009). Leveling up and down: The experiences of benign and malicious envy. Emotion, 9 (3), 419–429.

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The 3-2-1 Bridge. What the 3-2-1 Bridge is, why it is one of the most effective learning strategies research has found, and 3 protocols to start using the 3-2-1 Bridge after every meeting, book, or course.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Bisra, K., Liu, Q., Nesbit, J.C., Salimi, F., & Winne, P.H. (2018). Inducing self-explanation: A meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 30 (3), 703–725.

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OpenClaw, what OpenClaw is, what you need to run it, what the research says about AI assistants and your productivity, and 3 protocols to decide if OpenClaw is worth your time, your data, and your money.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Simkute, A., Tankelevitch, L., Kewenig, V., Scott, A. E., Sellen, A., & Rintel, S. (2024). Ironies of Generative AI: Understanding and Mitigating Productivity Loss in Human-AI Interaction. International Journa...

The Resilience Protocol, how to do stress recovery, what stress recovery is, why your brain doesn't bounce back on its own after high-stress tasks, what the research says about stress recovery, and 3 protocols to help you recover faster between the moments that drain you most.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Hunter, E. M., & Wu, C. (2016). Give me a better break: Choosing workday break activities to maximize resource recovery. Journal o...

Strategic prioritization, what strategic prioritization is, why fighting every fire tanks your productivity, what the research says about the firefighting trap, and 3 protocols to help you decide which fires to fight and which ones to let burn.

STUDY CITATIONS

Repenning, N.P. & Sterman, J.D. (2001). Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened: Creating and sustaining process improvement. California Management ...

The curiosity gap , what curiosity gap is, why saying three simple words will give you an advantage in every disagreement you encounter, and the 3 protocols to use the curiosity gap so arguments you find yourself in don’t escalate to the land of no resolution is possible.

STUDY CITATIONS

Kashdan, T. B., DeWall, C. N., Pond, R. S., Silvia, P. J., Lambert, N. M., Fincham, F. D., Savostyanova, A. A., & Keller, P. S. (2013). Curiosit...

Walt Disney's Bankruptcy to Mickey Mouse, what Walt Disney's failures taught him that no success ever could, what the research says about why your setbacks become your biggest advantage, and 3 protocols to turn your next setback into the skill that makes your next project a success.

STUDY CITATIONS

Wang, Y., Jones, B.F., & Wang, D. (2019). Early-career setback and future career impact. Nature Communications, 10(1), 4331...

AI Voice, why your voice is becoming the most underused productivity tool you own, what the research says about why talking through your work beats typing it, and three protocols to start using AI voice tools so your best thinking stops getting lost between your brain and your keyboard.

STUDY CITATIONS

Chi, M. T. H., De Leeuw, N., Chiu, M.-H., & LaVancher, C. (1994). Eliciting self-explanations improves understanding. Cognitive S...

The End-of-History Illusion, what the End-of-History Illusion is, why your brain is so bad at predicting your future self, and 3 protocols how to stop making permanent decisions based on a temporary version of you.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Quoidbach, J., Gilbert, D. T., & Wilson, T. D. (2013). The end of history illusion. Science, 339(6115), 96–98.

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How to design your business card that's built for the person receiving it, what makes a business card functional instead of forgettable, and 3 protocols to design a business card that that stands out makes people remember you.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Peck, J., & Childers, T. L. (2003). To have and to hold: The influence of haptic information on product judgments. Journal of Marketing, 67(2), 35–48.

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Learned industriousness is, what psychology says about why high effort tasks can become genuinely rewarding, and 3 protocols for training your brain to stop dreading hard work and start craving it.

STUDY CITATION

1. Eisenberger, R. (1992). Learned industriousness. Psychological Review, 99(2), 248–267.

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The Pre-mortem. what the premortem is, why it works, and 3 protocols for running a pre-mortem so you stop finding your blind spots when it's too late.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Mitchell, D. J., Russo, J. E., & Pennington, N. (1989). Back to the future: Temporal perspective in the explanation of events. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 2(1), 25–38.

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AI Calendar Scheduling Tools, what AI scheduling tools are, why the research on AI and productivity says they work, and 3 protocols to get the most out of letting AI manage your calendar starting today.

EPISODE LINKS

1. Motion https://www.usemotion.com
2. Reclaim AI: https://reclaim.ai

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Dell'Acqua, F., McFowland III, E., Mollick, E. R., Lifshitz-Assaf, H., Kellogg, K., Rajendran, S., Krayer, L., Cand...

The Red Queen Effect, what the Red Queen Effect is, what the research says about why it hits individuals just as hard as entire organizations, and 3 protocols to help you stay sharp, relevant, and out in front.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Barnett, W. P., & Hansen, M. T. (1996). The red queen in organizational evolution. Strategic Management Journal, 17(S1), 139–157.

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The ONE Thing method, what the One Thing Method is, why task-switching is quietly destroying your productivity, and 3 protocols to put the ONE Thing Keller method to work starting today.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Rubinstein, J.S., Meyer, D.E., & Evans, J.E. (2001). Executive control of cognitive processes in task switching. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 27(4), 763–797.

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The OODA Loop: what it is, what the research says about why cycling through it faster leads to better outcomes, and 3 ways to use the OODA Loop to stop stalling on your projects, your ideas, and the feedback your team actually needs.

STUDY CITATIONS

1.  Eisenhardt, K.M. (1989). Making fast strategic decisions in high-velocity environments. Academy of Management Journal, 32 (3), 543–576.

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We’re diving into why some people are chronically late, what the research says about the four most common reasons some people are always late and four protocols to help you start showing up on time.

STUDY CITATIONS

1. Conte, J.M., & Jacobs, R.R. (2003). Validity evidence linking polychronicity and Big Five personality dimensions to absence, lateness, and performance. Human Performance, 16(2), 107–129.
2. Wilmot, M.P., & Ones, D....