BTL Topic index
A living archive
Learning & Mindset
Learning systems, personal development, psychology, mental models.
The working lens
Look for the system beneath the story.
Ideas earn their place here by being useful after the presentation ends and the real work begins.
01 Follow the consequences
02 Keep people in the system
03 Test it against reality
The working index
Ideas worth carrying into the work.
Start with the lead essay. Then follow whichever question feels most useful now.
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SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AI
Open article ↗: SuperSkills: The Seven Human Skills for the Age of AIRahim Hirji argues that AI creates an agency problem before it creates a technology problem. A complete review of SuperSkills: the seven skills, the five loops, what survives…
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Aligned: The Data-Driven Guide to Performance, Recovery, and Human Potential
Open article ↗: Aligned: The Data-Driven Guide to Performance, Recovery, and Human PotentialKristen Holmes argues that sustainable performance comes from alignment of physiology, behaviour, and identity, not from more grit. A complete review of Aligned: the frameworks, the recovery practices,…
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AI Is Not a University. But It Can Build You One.
Open article ↗: AI Is Not a University. But It Can Build You One.AI has made knowledge abundant, but learning still needs judgement. The ALTER framework turns AI into five practical roles, with a downloadable six-week course builder.
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The Hidden Value of Fleeting Encounters in a Transactional World
Open article ↗: The Hidden Value of Fleeting Encounters in a Transactional WorldFleeting encounters with acquaintances and strangers can support belonging. Ichigo ichie offers a practical way to notice their value.
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Not Everyone Needs to Learn Everything
Open article ↗: Not Everyone Needs to Learn EverythingNot everyone needs the same depth of technical knowledge. A practical framework for deciding who needs deep capability, broad literacy or permission to wait.
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Self-Awareness Is Not Introspection. It Is System Monitoring.
Open article ↗: Self-Awareness Is Not Introspection. It Is System Monitoring.Self-awareness is often sold as a private act: sit quietly, look inward, know yourself. That is useful, but too small. In real decisions, self-awareness works more like system…
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The Learning Triage: How to Decide What to Learn Next
Open article ↗: The Learning Triage: How to Decide What to Learn NextYou will never be current again — a four-question triage for deciding what deserves your finite learning attention, and what you can safely stay behind on. Somewhere on…
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The AI Creative Process: Why AI Should Enter Twice
Open article ↗: The AI Creative Process: Why AI Should Enter TwiceThe best AI Creative Process partnership with AI is not constant collaboration: use it to widen the field, protect the human middle, then bring it back to strengthen…
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Progressive Delivery: The Missing Loop in DevOps
Open article ↗: Progressive Delivery: The Missing Loop in DevOpsRead or skip? Read, especially if you work in product, DevOps, platform engineering, Agile delivery, AI adoption, or organisational change. This is not just a book about feature…
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The 80% Problem: Why Your Brain Is Outsourcing Its Judgement to AI
Open article ↗: The 80% Problem: Why Your Brain Is Outsourcing Its Judgement to AICognitive surrender AI decision-making – Eight in ten people accept a wrong answer from an AI without questioning it. Not occasionally. Not when tired or distracted. Consistently, across…
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