Jan 16, 2015

Paralyzed by options

A few friends seem stuck in that luxurious rut: too many options. It inspired a section for Decision Hacks:

Too many options is a luxury - it’s a type of wealth. But only when you know how to be wealthy. Wealthy people don’t slog among the clothing racks and choose the best among them. They work out what they truely want (often with help) and then have their wishes tailor-made.

When you’re spoiled by choice, it helps to start with what you really want. You’ll likely be able to pick the best parts of each option, and fill in the blanks with something completely new. Not among your first options, but exactly what you wanted.

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What am I up to these days?

I’m a new parent, and prioritising my attention on our new rhythms as a family.

Work-wise, I’m trekking along at a cozy pace, doing stuff that doesn’t require meetings :)

I have a few non-exec/advisory roles for engineering edu programs. I’m also having fun making a few apps, going deep with zero-knowledge cryptography, and have learned to be a pretty good LLM prompt engineer.

In the past, I've designed peer-learning programs for Oxford, UCL, Techstars, Microsoft Ventures, The Royal Academy Of Engineering, and Kernel, careering from startups to humanitech and engineering. I also played a role in starting the Lean Startup methodology, and the European startup ecosystem. You can read about this here.

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Books & collected practices

Peer Learning Is - a broad look at peer learning around the world, and how to design peer learning to outperform traditional education
Mentor Impact - researched the practices used by the startup mentors that really make a difference
DAOistry - practices and mindsets that work in blockchain communities
Decision Hacks - early-stage startup decisions distilled
Source Institute - skunkworks I founded with open peer learning formats and ops guides, and our internal guide on decentralised teams