Alexander Petrov

Productivity for tech leaders | Tools For Thinking and emerging tech

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

Want to share my video about comparison of ChatGPT and Mind Maps based on semiotic theory. They both are cognitive tools. So let's take a look at understanding their distinctive features in enhancing cognitive abilities and planning.

https://t.co/58PJNsStj8

@TfTHacker #pkms

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

I've 400-600 notes in my 3 weeks sprint. I'm fan of note-taking and note-making. I plan to write a post on Medium about how people wrap their activities around notes.

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

Modern HR processes are about talent management, people engagement, and internal communications. But all these areas are deeply connected with knowledge management—not on an organizational level but on a personal and team level. Do you agree?

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

Last week, I finally got it. I'm HR. All my products and services are all about the connection between IT and humans. I'm in cognitive and org. psychology. That's a great feeling to see your area of interest solidly

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

I've tried @retool . I connected it to the @RedforesterHQ API and made a mobile app prototype for 6 hours. 60% of the time is spent on debugging and forum reading. It seems to me to be a good tool!

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

Let's keep in touch

Most networking calls don't lead to fruitful collaboration. Personal CRM and social networks don't help with that. I tested a multi-branched substack where someone could subscribe to one of the topics of shared interests. What do you think?

[Davey Morse @davey_morse]

modern social networks make people more depressed than happy.

today @plexusearth we released Voices, a social network designed to make you happy.

the secret:
Voices has no feed...

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

I've an idea that engineering teams, who make knowledge intensive R&D project would be more productive with knowledge graph based collaboration tools. If you are interested, please DM me. Want to share my vision and get feedback

#buildinpublic

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

I'm thinking about actionable knowledge map to finding PMF. If you are founder and you have developed your tech based product, but looking hard for your first customers now, please send me DM. Lets chat, I know how hard it is.

#buildinpublic

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

@brunowinck Totally agree with you. I hope I could hack this problem by keeping strong vision and changing acquisition channels

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

Consulting is the best way to conduct user research.

If people book your [paid] sessions for advice, they really have a problem.

I've tested 15 platforms for mentorship, coaching, and consulting. If you are also in, let's chat 🤝 .

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

Networking in [paid] communities

https://t.co/YB9jzUSqTE, https://t.co/MxGrhjyTa6 and others. In them, by default, people are open to communication and willing to share their experiences. Good way, but limited in number of respondents.

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

User research

One of the pains of a startup - how do I get confidence that I'm not doing bullshit if I don't have users, listeners, readers yet. The usual advice is to go out and talk to people, but here's the question of where to find them

8 ways I've tried👇

#buildinpublic

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

Paid services to find respondents

This is a good method (tested on https://t.co/eOYWvI0wTw), but sometimes it's not clear why some C-level person would be willing to answer your questions for $25. If you are interested in the list of services, please let me know and I'll post it

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

I've done the mistake and I delegate work with my product hypothesis to product manager I hired last year. Now I've 2 products - my own and hers. Don't do that 😁
#buildinpublic

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

It's a very impressive post could be a new manifesto of mindfulness

If we narrow down these thoughts to research / startup building, then it could be rewritten as don't delegate understanding - work with your hypothesis by yourself. Use ChatGPT or human-being consulters carefully

[kepano @kepano]

Don't delegate understanding

There is a parasite, I see it everywhere. It consumes your health and wealth. It preys on ignorance and is easy to catch. It’s so common you may not even notice you have it.

The parasite has a simple and attractive proposition: let me take care of this hard thing for you. Trust me, I know better.

Instead of understanding it yourself, you choose to give the parasite control over your health, education, money, housing, business, identity, data, infrastructure, climate, justice. Even your beliefs.

The parasite has three stages: acceptance, extraction, intervention.

First is acceptance. Everyone else seems to have the parasite already. You are expected, even encouraged, to accept the parasite into your life. You are invited to follow the norm, outsource, consume. It’s okay! Use all the services and amenities. Satisfy your desires. Eat the cheap food, watch the cheap media. Your money and time are meant to be spent. Show off what you got in exchange. Please do not try to understand how it works, it’s too complicated for you. The parasite wants you fattened. Literally and figuratively. You are paying the parasite for the privilege of being ripened.

Second is extraction. Under the influence of the parasite, you have developed unhealthy habits and you are suffering the consequences. Stress, anxiety, obesity, disease, ignorance, fear, lethargy, decay. To dampen these problems you pay the parasite for help — support, medicine, loans, fines, rent, taxes. Enforcement of some homeostasis. You try to abate the issues, but you don’t have a stable foundation to build on. You have ignored the root causes. The parasite thrives. You are paying the parasite to be harvested, milked, sucked dry.

Third is intervention. The side effects of the parasite’s extraction have reached a critical level. The parasite tells you it’s an emergency. You need doctors, lawyers, firefighters, a military effort. You’re in a surgery room, a court room, a psychiatric ward, a jail cell. The disease can no longer be controlled, it has festered. The flame has turned into a raging fire that needs to be put out. You are paying the parasite to go back to square one.

The three stages of the parasite are interdependent. Every stage benefits someone who is not you. Everyone tells you this is just the way it is. Never mind that the parasite is living large.

Why? Extraction and intervention pay well. Education and prevention do not. The incentives are aligned to make the parasite persuasive. You are alone against a coordinated system that is exceedingly effective at packaging problems you should never have with solutions you should never need. A symbiotic loop.

You must recognize the parasite in its earliest form.

To inoculate yourself don’t delegate understanding. If you build your own understanding you will be the one who earns the dividends.

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

@sariazout @plexusearth I'm trying to put Plexus on the chart.. interesting in your thoughts about :)

[Alexander Petrov @Didro6]

Asynchronous chatting with other people's thoughts on the topic. Very interesting UX. I want to share:
@plexusearth