48: Founder Mode
Dima and Slava discuss "Founder Mode", an essay by Paul Graham about differences between more founders and hired managers in tech companies.
47: Can you be more specific?
Dima shares his longing for the necessary details and the right level of abstraction, while Slava tries to persuade him that all the details aren't always necessary and everything can be fine anyway.
46: Creative Procrastination
From the discussion it is not entirely clear if Dima and Slava talk about procrastination that gets in the way of them accomplishing creative endeavors or all the creative they find to postpone working on hard and important things.
45: Starter Villain
Dima and Slava play literary critics and discuss "Starter Villain" – a book by John Scalzi.
44: Having Fun
Dima and Slava discuss different facets of having fun, discover the golden pentagon of productive state of mind, and nearly form a consultancy to preach that around the world.
43: EdTech Club
Slava shares his latest idea and initiative to create a space for EdTech companies to talk and work together on socially important projects. Dima, naturally, gets to ask questions to test the thinking.
42: How Minds Change
Dima and Slava have read "How Minds Change" by David McRaney and discuss how relatively diverse set of stories come (or do not come) together to give a practical framework for influencing others.
41: Distractions
Dima and Slava talk about distractions, different ways to categorize them, and discuss how to prevent any kind of distraction from derailing an otherwise productive day.
40: Are LLMs overhyped?
Dima and Slava discuss their experiences with LLMs, Slava's recent forays into trainings on using AI technologies, and prophecies about the future of AI, some of which were probably generated with the help of AI.
39: Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!
Dima and Slava have read and now discuss "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!", a memoir by the renowned theoretical physicist Richard Feynman.
38: Faster and better
Dima and Slava discuss whether focusing on working faster can translate into improvements in the quality of the produced results and why or why not this may be the case.
37: STRATsphere Talks
Slava started a new podcast called STRATsphere Talks about all things strategizing. In this episode Dima and Slava discuss thinking behind this new endeavor and learning after launching first episodes of the new podcast.
36: How Big Things Get Done
Dima and Slava read the book about how big things get done and discuss where they agree and disagree with the author and what they've learned from the book and from talking about it.
35: Backburner projects
Dima contemplates getting work done on projects that are not immediate top priority and Slava points out that there is nothing wrong with pushing, as long as it is done in a considerate way.
34: Ideal Weeks
Slava wonders about planning ideal weeks and quizzes Dima about his approaches to balancing long-term and short-term and dealing with the unplanned.
33: Themes 2024
In the last episode recorded in 2023 Dima and Slava discuss their yearly themes and talk talk what is in cards for them in 2024.
32: We Are Bob
In this unusual book club episode Dima and Slava depart from their usual business literature repertoire and discuss sci-fi novel "We Are Legion (We Are Bob)".
31: Zettelkasten Method
Dima describes his adventures into Zettelkasten and together with Slava they discuss ins and outs of note taking.
30: Co-creation
Slava talks about the experience he had facilitating co-creation of L&D course and together with Dima they brainstorm ideas for overcoming challenges Slava encountered.
29: Unleashing The Power
Dima and Slava sit with Viktoria Pysarenko to talk about Vita's experience of attending a transformative experience by Tony Robbins, general idea of such motivational events, and the lessons they teach us.