The Rabbit Hole

Former Naval officer L. David Marquet transformed the nuclear-powered submarine Santa Fe by shifting from traditional 'know all-tell all' leadership to empowering his crew. He discusses the importance of embracing continuous improvement, empowering team members, and innovative leadership principles for creating a dynamic and motivated organization.

The author states there is no such thing as average when measuring individuals' abilities, talents, and potential. The army took 10 measurements of their pilots, got the average of each measurement but then 0/4000 pilots were average across the board. When you build for average, you build for no one. Full notes on The End of Average here  Buy the book here *** To support: Rate and share this podcast Sign up for The Rabbit Hole newsletter Become a patron Join The Latticework To connect: Twitter LinkedIn Sponsor: The Rabbit Hole podcast is brought to you by The Latticework. The Latticework curates, explains and interconnects hundreds of mental models so that you can become a better multidisciplinary thinker. Every partner applies and is vetted, ensuring a high-quality, curious, and low-ego community. Join hundreds of partners from around the world by applying here, or learn more at LTCWRK.com Become Multidisciplinary. Think Better

The authors introduce a paradigm shift in how sales are approached, emphasizing the importance of understanding customer's needs and helping them make progress, rather than pushing products. Understand your product's job to be done, where the customer struggles, how they buy rather than how you want to sell, where on the timeline you are, and you'll find yourself helping people rather than selling things. The struggle creates demand and your product/service solves the struggle. Full notes on Demand Side Sales here  Buy the book here *** To support: Rate and share this podcast Sign up for The Rabbit Hole newsletter Become a patron Join The Latticework To connect: Twitter LinkedIn Sponsor: The Rabbit Hole podcast is brought to you by The Latticework. The Latticework curates, explains and interconnects hundreds of mental models so that you can become a better multidisciplinary thinker. Every partner applies and is vetted, ensuring a high-quality, curious, and low-ego community. Join hundreds of partners from around the world by applying here, or learn more at LTCWRK.com Become Multidisciplinary. Think Better

Ryan Singer discusses Basecamp's product process and philosophy, emphasizing the importance of shaping projects, working in cycles to prevent scope creep, and incorporating cool down periods for innovation.

Psychiatrist and author Eric Berne delves into the intricate social dynamics of everyday interactions. He explores the roles of ego states in behavior, the concept of 'games' in relationships, and the importance of mutual understanding in social interactions.

Chip War offers a detailed look at the chip industry that, while often overlooked, is central to the functioning of modern society and the balance of global power. Full notes on Chip War here  Buy the book here *** To support: Rate and share this podcast Sign up for The Rabbit Hole newsletter Become a patron Join The Latticework To connect: Twitter LinkedIn Sponsor: The Rabbit Hole podcast is brought to you by The Latticework. The Latticework curates, explains and interconnects hundreds of mental models so that you can become a better multidisciplinary thinker. Every partner applies and is vetted, ensuring a high-quality, curious, and low-ego community. Join hundreds of partners from around the world by applying here, or learn more at LTCWRK.com Become Multidisciplinary. Think Better

The podcast delves into Herbert Simon's life and career, his insights on decision-making and theory testing in 'Models of My Life'. Topics include career choices, interdisciplinary exploration, effective teaching methods, nonverbal mathematical thinking, success, decision-making, leadership, quality in science, and cross-disciplinary learning.

This book is about the history of the internet through Crypto. Dixon believes blockchain is the most promising tech we have to offset powerful centralization which tends to occur from network effects. Full notes on Read Write Own here  Buy the book here *** To support: Rate and share this podcast Sign up for The Rabbit Hole newsletter Become a patron Join The Latticework To connect: Twitter LinkedIn Sponsor: The Rabbit Hole podcast is brought to you by The Latticework. The Latticework curates, explains and interconnects hundreds of mental models so that you can become a better multidisciplinary thinker. Every partner applies and is vetted, ensuring a high-quality, curious, and low-ego community. Join hundreds of partners from around the world by applying here, or learn more at LTCWRK.com Become Multidisciplinary. Think Better

Viral Loops are mechanisms where each additional users brings in 1.0+ new users. This process is self-replicating, much like a virus, leading to exponential growth without the need for traditional marketing. Companies best suited to viral loops are web based, free, organizers of content (vs. producers), simple concept, built in virality that creates word of mouth, extremely fast adoption, exponential growth, have predictable growth rates, exhibit network effects, eventually hit a tipping point where they become the default and eventually saturate the market. Full notes on Viral Loops here  Buy the book here *** To support: Rate and share this podcast Sign up for The Rabbit Hole newsletter Become a patron Join The Latticework To connect: Twitter LinkedIn Sponsor: The Rabbit Hole podcast is brought to you by The Latticework. The Latticework curates, explains and interconnects hundreds of mental models so that you can become a better multidisciplinary thinker. Every partner applies and is vetted, ensuring a high-quality, curious, and low-ego community. Join hundreds of partners from around the world by applying here, or learn more at LTCWRK.com Become Multidisciplinary. Think Better

Things can catch fire if it’s better or cheaper and advertising helps, but it’s not the whole picture. Word of mouth is key. It’s more persuasive and more targeted. Fortunately, there's a way to increase your odds of getting people to share your product or service and that's what Contagious digs into. Full notes on Contagious here  Buy the book here *** To support: Rate and share this podcast Sign up for The Rabbit Hole newsletter Become a patron Join The Latticework To connect: Twitter LinkedIn Sponsor: The Rabbit Hole podcast is brought to you by The Latticework. The Latticework curates, explains and interconnects hundreds of mental models so that you can become a better multidisciplinary thinker. Every partner applies and is vetted, ensuring a high-quality, curious, and low-ego community. Join hundreds of partners from around the world by applying here, or learn more at LTCWRK.com Become Multidisciplinary. Think Better