All articles published on Nosy • Science in chronological order.
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The Alignment Issue
We’re not just meeting too much, we’re meeting for the wrong reasons. This article dives into the real cost of alignment meetings: those synchronous gatherings where information gets passed around instead of documented. From wasted time and passive participation to blurring responsibility, we break down why alignment meetings often do more harm than good and…
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Meet with Purpose – A look on why we should meet
Meetings take time, energy, and attention, so they should never be treated as default. To make meetings meaningful, they must serve a clear purpose: to make a decision, generate ideas, resolve conflict, give feedback, or build relationships. In this article, we explore the real reasons to meet and how to avoid wasting everyone’s time.
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Improving Meetings
In this article, we dive into the science of what makes meetings fail and how to fix them. Backed by organizational psychology and productivity research, we explore the hidden costs of unstructured meetings, the stress they cause, and why people hate them. Then we turn to practical, evidence-based methods for better meetings: from clear agendas…
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Meeting Preparation in O3PM
Meetings can move projects forward—or waste everyone’s time. In this article, I show how to prepare meetings the O3PM way using Obsidian. From structured metadata and linked agenda items to participant check-ins via the Object Responsibility Module (ORM), this setup helps you run lean, purposeful, and traceable meetings without the chaos.
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GTD in O3PM – Managing actionable contexts through smart task queries in Obsidian
Tasks multiply like the heads of a hydra, and most systems just log the chaos. In this article, I introduce the Object Responsibility Module (ORM), a lightweight framework within O3PM that turns every person, place, or system into a task-aware dashboard. By embedding natural language tasks and linking them to digital objects, this setup uses…
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Object Definition in O3PM
Creating a digital twin of a real-world object sounds easy—until you’re handed a vague goal that resists structure. In Object-Oriented Project Management (O3PM), objects are the foundation of everything. When they’re poorly defined, projects drift. This article introduces a field-tested questionnaire to help you clarify, structure, and standardize objects—from tangible tools to abstract decisions. Complete…