All Episodes

Harold Jarche on personal knowledge mastery, the Seek, Sense, and Share framework; networked learning, and finding different perspectives [REPOST] (Ep67)

Leslie Shannon on finding nuggets, storytelling for synthesis, the five Fs of sensemaking, and visual filing [REPOST] (Ep66)

Jerry Michalski on collecting, connecting, and curating two decades worth of information [REPOST] (Ep65)

Elizabeth Gould on feeling forwards, finding your golden thread, aims to behaviors, and your Inner justification (Ep64)

Bill Birchard on 8 lessons on writing for impact, clarifying thinking, better comprehension, and the power of surprise (Ep63)

Jens Monsees on automotive decision-making, starting with goals, strategic listening, and openness to challenges (Ep62)

Rachel Happe on metacognition, communities of practice, personal knowledge networks, and intrinsic learning (Ep61)

Nir Eyal on using your values to filter, when to consume information, the best apps for content, and using audio for reading [REPOST] (Ep60)

Roger Spitz on the future of strategic decision-making, thriving on disruption, resilient systems and thinking, and beginner’s mind (Ep59)

Sam Barton on using PKM tools well, AI knowledge graphs, digital gardens, and decentralized identity for truth (Ep58)

Cathy Hackl on finding the key players to listen to, building mental maps, how to see connections, and becoming a voice in your industry [REPOST] (Ep57)

Ida Josefiina on infopunk, infinite knowledge graphs, spatial interfaces, and the shapes of knowledge (Ep56)

Ross Dawson on Humans + AI, amplifying cognition, thinking tools, and the future of Thriving on Overload podcast (Ep55)

Tim O’Reilly on noticing things other people don’t notice, the value of soft focus, framing open source and Web 2.0, and patience in building narratives [REPOST] (Ep54)

Danny Hatcher on skill acquisition, ecological dynamics, from Notion to Obsidian, and exploring interests (Ep53)

Thomas Baekdal on custom research tools, going to source data, JOMO on news, and source diversity (Ep52)

Bryan Jenks on beginner mindset, optimizing everything, why Obsidian, and lessons from neurodivergence (Ep51)

Puruesh Chaudhary on research processes, information ecosystems, trusting societies, and contextual memes (Ep50)

Stephanie Barnes on radical knowledge management, the power of art, tapping intuition, and building curiosity (Ep49)

Bob Johansen on the officeverse, augmented intelligence, thinking future-back, and people as filters (Ep48)

Chuck Frey on visual mapping, creative thinking techniques, choosing tools, and sleight of head (Ep47)

Alexandra Samuel on resetting for remote work, Coda evangelism, tool workflows, and combining technology and mindfulness (Ep46)

Phil Morle on synthesis in venture capital, thought hacking, thinking tools, and the infinite game (Ep45)

Jennifer Sertl on scenarios for sense-making, the power of reflection, sharing feedback loops, and building constellations (Ep44)

Ari Popper on storytelling for meaning, structural frameworks, taming complexity, and creative synthesis (Ep43)

Frank Spencer IV on sense-making for complexity, holoptic foresight, digital angels, and colliding trends (Ep42)

Eileen Clegg on visual journalism, archetypal languages of shapes, learning visual language, ancient symbols, and shared frameworks (Ep41)

Greg Satell on writing daily, building your own ideas, seeking different perspectives, and conceptual models (Ep40)

Jim Marous on defining yourself, ahas from unstructured dialogue, mutually beneficial learning, and the excitement of what you don’t know (Ep39)

Stowe Boyd on Obsidian and Taskidian, learning loops, work management, and sedimentary thinking (Ep38)

Michel Bauwens on challenging presuppositions, meta-curation, changing paradigms, and creating narratives (Ep37)

Dr Kristy Goodwin on the four pillars to peak performance, digital guardrails, working with your biological blueprint, and improving micro-habits (Ep36)

Robin Good on questioning authority, finding trusted advisors, focus sharing, and information design (Ep35)

Cindy Otis on the disinformation landscape, analyzing content, identifying trustworthy sources, and information communities (Ep34)

Dion Hinchcliffe on the architecture of ideas, creating visual frameworks, object-oriented thinking, and the potential of generative AI (Ep33)

Pia Lauritzen on the possibilities of questions, collective curiosity, diverse question cultures, and making room for exploration (Ep32)

Remi Kalir on social annotation, self curation, the connective tissue of ideas, annotation tools, and nuance for synthesis (Ep31)

Rohit Krishnan on looking for surprise, passionate curiosity, dynamic loops, and creating your worldview (Ep30)

Sam McRoberts on connecting the dots, being humbly curious, introducing randomness, and thought experiments (Ep29)

Derek Laney on transcending emotional overload, openness for serendipity, balancing focus and discovery, and using threads well (Ep28)

Berit Anderson on mapping influencers, noticing breaks in patterns, ignoring headlines, and information warfare (Ep27)

Brenda Ramokopelwa on using external and internal lenses, developing young futurists, connecting rural Africa to global thinking, and validating ideas (Ep26)

Julie Rasmussen on her 7 S’s system, using Slack for note-taking, identifying systemic issues, and finding white spaces (Ep25)

Paul X. McCarthy on networks to find experts, identifying authorities, computational social science, and latent knowledge (Ep24)

Nick Abrahams on purpose and prioritisation, talking for mutual value, deliberate sharing and engagement, and telling stories for understanding (Ep23)

Joyce Gioia on identifying trends, scanning processes, stakeholder experience, and adopting personas for communicating (Ep22)

Stephen Poor on discerning relevance, distilling facts, thriving for lawyers and legal students, and consciously seeing connections (Ep21)

Abhijit Bhaduri on divergence and convergence, the power of sketchnotes, multidisciplinary sensemaking, and skill portfolios (Ep20)

Gerd Leonhard on understanding between the lines, his favorite apps and tools, sharing bookmarks and tags, keynote storylines, and using visual catalogs (Ep19)

Madeline Ashby on watching the fringes, finding common threads, sensing and sensemaking, and using murder walls (Ep18)

Christopher Mims on seeing what’s next, filtering tools, valuable conversations, and tapping expertise (Ep17)

Michell Zappa on how technology evolves, scouting what’s emerging, assessing technologies, and designing useful future infographics (Ep16)

Gary Swart on achieving balance, prioritization factors, filtering by relationships, and using frameworks (Ep15)

Marshall Kirkpatrick on source selection, connecting ideas, diverse thinking, and enabling serendipity (Ep14)

Annalie Killian on serendipitous learning, the network as filter, finding voices at the edge, and value from deep connections (Ep13)

Robin Athey on intellectual cocaine, the journey to purpose, slow leadership, and finding your North Star (Ep12)

R “Ray” Wang on constant curation, learning from private networks, finding temporal patterns, and seeing the impact of trends (Ep11)

Dan Gillmor on going from macro to micro, useful aggregators, and the best tactics and tools (Ep10)

Harold Jarche on personal knowledge mastery, the Seek, Sense, and Share framework; networked learning, and finding different perspectives (Ep9)

Brett King on understanding fintech, writing for sense-making, thought leadership streams of consciousness, and changing how people think (Ep8)

Leslie Shannon on finding nuggets, storytelling for synthesis, the five Fs of sensemaking, and visual filing (Ep7)

Robert Scoble on how to find the latest news, how to use Twitter for insight, finding the 20 people you need to follow, and the value of conversations (Ep6)

Jerry Michalski on collecting, connecting, and curating two decades worth of information (Ep5)

Tom Stewart on the excitement of ideas, building overarching theories, abductive reasoning, applying Marie Kondo to information, and getting off the hamster wheel (Ep4)

Nir Eyal on using your values to filter, when to consume information, the best apps for content, and using audio for reading (Ep3)

Cathy Hackl on finding the key players to listen to, building mental maps, how to see connections, and becoming a voice in your industry (Ep2)

Tim O’Reilly on noticing things other people don’t notice, the value of soft focus, framing open source and Web 2.0, and patience in building narratives (Ep1)

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