I stole this idea and now use it with every single employee.
It’s the best illustration I’ve seen of teaching someone to be high agency.
It says there are 5 levels of work:
Level 1: “There is a problem.”
Level 2: “There is a problem, and I’ve found some causes.”
Level 3: “Here’s the problem, here are some possible causes, and here are some possible solutions.”
Level 4: “Here’s the problem, here’s what I think caused it, here are some possible solutions, and here’s the one I think we should pick.”
Level 5: “I identified a problem, figured out what caused it, researched how to fix it, and I fixed it. Just wanted to keep you in the loop.”
Using this framework, here’s what I say to every new employee…
You will live at Level 4 from Day 1 and as we build trust you will rise to Level 5.
Being high agency doesn’t just mean tackling problems in this way. It means your entire way of working should be oriented to being a Level 4+ employee.
Plz feel free to steal it as well.
And ty @stephsmithio for the framework!
Congrats Aaron and Sahil! It’s not long ago that Affiniti was an idea on a pitch deck. You guys have executed with such urgency and precision in such a short period of time. There is NOTHING like an idea whose time has come. Wish you continued success!
🚨GROK 3 SENDS USAGE SOARING – 10X SPIKE IN DOWNLOADS
Elon’s xAI just dropped Grok 3, and the numbers are wild.
Mobile downloads exploded 10X the week it launched, with daily U.S. users up 260%.
Even Grok’s web app visits shot from 189K to over 900K a day.
Globally?
4.5 million hits daily.
Some of that boom came from expanding into Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, but Grok 3 clearly grabbed attention fast.
Source: TechCrunch
The win is earned in the middle. Every single journey in life has a beginning, middle, and end. Most people will only show up with energy for the rush of the beginning and the anticipation of the end. The one who pushes hard through the middle is the one who will eventually win.
Shout-out to @ollama at 6:20 in the video from @DavidSacks, the US AI czar. Love to see it! `ollama run deepseek-r1` is so easy.
Let's nationalize Ollama and turn it into the next branch of the US military, the US AI Force.