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Patterns, Predictions, and Productivity: Mikkel Steen's Vision for Everest and Beyond

Patterns, Predictions, and Productivity: Mikkel Steen's Vision for Everest and BeyondPatterns, Predictions, and Productivity: Mikkel Steen's Vision for Everest and Beyond

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Introduction: Mikkel Steen, CEO of Everest (reach out directly: mikkel@everestassistant.com), discusses the modern business environment and how his company Everest fits within it. Changing Work Environment: Remote and Asynchronous Work: Mikkel observes shifts towards more remote and asynchronous work and the need to replace traditional meetings with efficient alternatives. Tools and Models: He mentions various tools to facilitate asynchronous work, like newsletters for team updates, to provide a better, more engaging model. Opportunities and Challenges: While seeing many opportunities, Mikkel also notes the fallacy of simply replacing in-person meetings with Zoom and the challenges of coordinating different time zones. Everest's Role and Offerings: Executive Support System: Everest is creating an advanced executive support system, aiming to handle various aspects of a person's life, from scheduling to purchasing, more empathetically. Role of EA (Executive Assistant): Mikkel likens an EA to Robin for Batman. EAs are considered amplifiers, filters, reminders, and therapists that help in various professional and personal adjustments. Therapeutic Support: Everest's EA makes people feel cared for, addressing the loneliness often felt in leadership roles. Differentiation from Other Services: Unlike mere therapy, Everest's service also considers the productivity aspect and actively assists in various tasks. Technology's Impact on Everest: Automation and Human Connection: Everest integrates technology to handle routine tasks, allowing more time for human interaction and understanding. Coordination Costs: The reduction of coordination costs is a key focus, allowing Everest to be more efficient and proactive. Conscious Living and Autopilot: Understanding Autopilot: Mikkel delves into how about 99% of decisions are made unconsciously. Recognizing and observing these patterns leads to more conscious decision-making. Role of EA in Mindfulness: The support of an EA allows individuals to have more focused attention and make more conscious choices, helping them regain control over their lives. Scaling Everest: Challenges in Scaling: Mikkel shares Everest's plans to scale and the complexities involved, from recognizing patterns to delivering on promises. Coordination and Patterns: Mikkel speaks about the necessity to decrease coordination costs and recognize new patterns in scaling functions. Everest's Approach to Productivity: Proactivity: By predicting moves and intentions, Everest allows users to become more proactive. Data Utilization: Through collecting and analyzing data, Everest can engineer profiles to assist clients better. Philosophical Insights: Patterns and Predictions: Mikkel discusses pattern recognition and how humans are naturally equipped for this, which is fundamental to Everest's approach. Health and Prevention: He compares Everest's role to eating healthily and preventing problems rather than merely solving them. Mindfulness in Decision Making: The path to more conscious decision-making involves focusing on what's essential, something that Everest facilitates by acting as a shield and aid. Concluding Remarks: What's Next for Everest: Mikkel ends with a discussion about Everest's future, emphasizing scalability and the need to recognize new patterns. Connecting with Mikkel: Listeners can write directly to Mikkel to connect: mikkel@everestassistant.com This summary provides an expansive overview of Mikkel Steen's thoughts on the modern business environment, Everest's unique approach, and the integration of technology and human empathy to create a holistic executive support system. His insights on conscious living, scaling challenges, and human connection offer a thorough understanding of Everest's mission and future goals.

Show Notes

Introduction: Mikkel Steen, CEO of Everest (reach out directly: mikkel@everestassistant.com), discusses the modern business environment and how his company Everest fits within it.

Changing Work Environment:

  • Remote and Asynchronous Work: Mikkel observes shifts towards more remote and asynchronous work and the need to replace traditional meetings with efficient alternatives.
  • Tools and Models: He mentions various tools to facilitate asynchronous work, like newsletters for team updates, to provide a better, more engaging model.
  • Opportunities and Challenges: While seeing many opportunities, Mikkel also notes the fallacy of simply replacing in-person meetings with Zoom and the challenges of coordinating different time zones.

Everest's Role and Offerings:

  • Executive Support System: Everest is creating an advanced executive support system, aiming to handle various aspects of a person's life, from scheduling to purchasing, more empathetically.
  • Role of EA (Executive Assistant): Mikkel likens an EA to Robin for Batman. EAs are considered amplifiers, filters, reminders, and therapists that help in various professional and personal adjustments.
  • Therapeutic Support: Everest's EA makes people feel cared for, addressing the loneliness often felt in leadership roles.
  • Differentiation from Other Services: Unlike mere therapy, Everest's service also considers the productivity aspect and actively assists in various tasks.

Technology's Impact on Everest:

  • Automation and Human Connection: Everest integrates technology to handle routine tasks, allowing more time for human interaction and understanding.
  • Coordination Costs: The reduction of coordination costs is a key focus, allowing Everest to be more efficient and proactive.

Conscious Living and Autopilot:

  • Understanding Autopilot: Mikkel delves into how about 99% of decisions are made unconsciously. Recognizing and observing these patterns leads to more conscious decision-making.
  • Role of EA in Mindfulness: The support of an EA allows individuals to have more focused attention and make more conscious choices, helping them regain control over their lives.

Scaling Everest:

  • Challenges in Scaling: Mikkel shares Everest's plans to scale and the complexities involved, from recognizing patterns to delivering on promises.
  • Coordination and Patterns: Mikkel speaks about the necessity to decrease coordination costs and recognize new patterns in scaling functions.

Everest's Approach to Productivity:

  • Proactivity: By predicting moves and intentions, Everest allows users to become more proactive.
  • Data Utilization: Through collecting and analyzing data, Everest can engineer profiles to assist clients better.

Philosophical Insights:

  • Patterns and Predictions: Mikkel discusses pattern recognition and how humans are naturally equipped for this, which is fundamental to Everest's approach.
  • Health and Prevention: He compares Everest's role to eating healthily and preventing problems rather than merely solving them.
  • Mindfulness in Decision Making: The path to more conscious decision-making involves focusing on what's essential, something that Everest facilitates by acting as a shield and aid.

Concluding Remarks:

  • What's Next for Everest: Mikkel ends with a discussion about Everest's future, emphasizing scalability and the need to recognize new patterns.
  • Connecting with Mikkel: Listeners can write directly to Mikkel to connect:

This summary provides an expansive overview of Mikkel Steen's thoughts on the modern business environment, Everest's unique approach, and the integration of technology and human empathy to create a holistic executive support system. His insights on conscious living, scaling challenges, and human connection offer a thorough understanding of Everest's mission and future goals.

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In his series "Crazy Wisdom," Stewart Alsop explores cutting-edge topics, particularly in the realm of technology, such as Urbit and artificial intelligence. Alsop embarks on a quest for meaning, engaging with others to expand his own understanding of reality and that of his audience. The topics covered in "Crazy Wisdom" are diverse, ranging from emerging technologies to spirituality, philosophy, and general life experiences. Alsop's unique approach aims to make connections between seemingly unrelated subjects, tying together ideas in unconventional ways.