Strategic Thinking for Fun and Profit

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Mar 3, 2023

The podcast discusses topics such as a meat off competition, using Obsidian software, strategic thinking, challenges of buying data, the perception of machine learning, leveraging digital trends in education, tips for using journals and pen holders, and the benefits of using a password manager.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

A Competitive Meet Off Birthday Party Sponsored by hypocrisy Beer

01:57 • 2min

Astonishment at the List of Judges and Frustration with the Competition

04:22 • 2min

The Departure and Impact

05:58 • 13min

Using Obsidian to Streamline Work

18:53 • 15min

Strategic Thinking and Mega Trends

33:35 • 13min

The Intersection of Research, Education, and Economic Prosperity

46:49 • 8min

Challenges of Buying Data and Impact on Post-Graduate Study Rates

54:55 • 20min

The Shift in Perception of Machine Learning and Challenges of Trust

01:15:01 • 18min

Developing Mental Nimbleness and Leveraging Digital Trends

01:33:20 • 11min

Tips for Using Journals and Brass Clips for Easy Pen Access

01:44:06 • 2min

The Benefits of Using a Password Manager

01:45:42 • 3min

Reviews, Feedback, and Future Plans

01:48:36 • 3min

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Inger was late to the microphone but Jason is in the lead this time, so the show actually happened!

Jason didn't win at the first annual 'Meat Off' competition, but it was a tough field. At work it's all Chat GPT all the time, or, as Inger's sister Anitra calls it 'ChattieG'.
Inger's been on the road again, this time at Monash Uni where she ran a session on Bullet Journalling. She also wrote 5000 words of her new book without even noticing, using Obsidian.

The mailbag (19:15) also has a bit of an Obsidian theme, with some thanks and a question, which gets Jason going on the ChattieG again and inger complaining about the over 700 pages she has managed to put on the ANU website without even noticing.

In the Work Problems section (32:10), Jason takes Inger at length through a strategic thinking exercise, using her research team's 'PostAc' product (more information on PostAc here). You can access Jason's discussion guide slides here.

Inger finds this way of thinking fascinating and the team wonders all over the place touching on how universities will cope with Zoomers and dead birds being turned into Zombie robot drones. Yes. It's a lot.

The What Have You Been Reading section (1:29) is fairly short this time before we head into 2 Minute Tips (1:44) where Jason drops the knowledge on pen holders and Inger has suggestions for a Digital Colonic - yes you heard that right.

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