How long does it take for knowledge to compound?

A year or less..

.. with Linking Your Thinking (a testimonial tweet storm)
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My research career was thriving.

After quitting my PhD at the 3rd year, I learned which (soft) skills I should be looking for.

One of them?
Project Management.
It was a sunny day..

(πŸŒ₯ sunny day in Ireland!?)

Just a normal "Let's learn this new @NotionHQ people have been talking about" day.

That's when I (somehow?) saw @NickMilo's video on Youtube.
@NotionHQ @NickMilo He was talking about @obsdmd and its ability to link knowledge..

Linked-based PKM..

WAIT A MOMENT!

I research Linked Data
I talk daily about the importance of links
I study how computers can best represent human knowledge

How have I never heard about this!?
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd I can't pass the opportunity to learn a "new shiny tool".

Also, @NickMilo is saying that there is this workshop with a whole community of people talking about knowledge management.

I need to check that out!

Long story, short. I joined LYT.

linkingyourthinking.com/?via=1345bp #afflink
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd And for my delight @NickMilo did not focus on projects.

He focuses on ideas.

Which, for a knowledge worker, turns out to be the most productive change of mindset.

@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd Yes, you can learn when to use folders, tags or links.
You can also focus on if you should write a nested tag or create metadata.

But that is not what makes PKM important!

The Idea Emergence framework is.
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd The core of the LYT Workshop is the Idea Emergence Framework.

The idea is simple:

"New ideas can emerge from the aggregation and collision between ideas"
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd I have learned Idea Emergence before:

- when studying creativity and innovation
- when reflecting about how to do research
- when doing my own research

But there was ONE thing that the LYT workshop unlocked for me:
How to do it.
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd Most places "talk about" Idea Emergence and Knowledge Compounding.

LYT shows you how to do it.

βš›οΈŽ atomic notes to represent ideas
πŸ—Ί Maps of Contentℒ️ to synthesise/aggregate/collide/organise ideas
🏑 Home note as an entry point

@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd .@NickMilo is also not prescriptive on how to do your PKM.
You don't need to fit on a box!

Instead, LYT worked as an accelerator for me.

I could create my own PKM,
embed Idea Emergence into it,
and even create my own PKM for Research using LYT.

linkingyourthinking.com/?via=1345bp #ads
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd Basically, here is how LYT works in 5 steps

1. One idea per note.
2. Link ideas together.
3. Create an MOC note that aggregates and collide ideas.
4. Create MOC notes that aggregate and collide MOCs.
5. Create a Home note to link to your top-level MOCs.

That's it!
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd Applying it is a little bit more complicated..

And that's where the community comes in.
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd I became the Head of Community Experience for the LYT workshop (@the_LYT_way) after almost an year as an alumni.

So, I am biased..

Actually, I just got the job because I am biased..

I love and thrive in that community!
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd @the_LYT_way Yes, you can discuss PKM for free on Twitter (and I love it!).

But you need to build a lot of shared understanding and there is so much 298 characters can do for you.

The real value of joining LYT as a cohort-based workshop is that everyone shares the same background knowledge.
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd @the_LYT_way So, a bit more than 1 year after I first enroll in the LYT workshop and started focusing on Idea-based PKM,

My knowledge started to compound.

To the point where I have not only a growing PKM, but I can start MONETISING it!
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd @the_LYT_way If I haven't taken a long "break" for maternity purposes
If I had focused on knowledge and content creation from day 1
If I had dived into Idea-based PKM head first

My knowledge would have compounded in a couple of months.
So, THAT may be your journey (if you want to).
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd @the_LYT_way But why am I sharing all this!?

If you want to:
- Learn HOW TO use Idea Emergence
- Learn with likeminded people who know what you are talking about
- Have your own PKM

Today is the LAST DAY to join LYT.

linkingyourthinking.com/?via=1345bp
(yes, it is an affiliate link. I believe on it)
@NotionHQ @NickMilo @obsdmd @the_LYT_way And as the registrations close...

Tomorrow you may get to see how I monetise my own compounded knowledge, thanks to LYT (@the_LYT_way).

Want a sneak peak!?
Join my PKM list at pkm.biancapereira.me (or follow me here on Twitter)

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Dec 11, 2021
Everyone has just attended the same presentation. Now..

It is networking time!

How can we avoid conversation starters like "did you like the presentation?" that end in "yes, it was nice"?

Solution: Note making

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Note taking is to take notes of what was said during the presentation.

πŸ—’ Note making is more than that!

Note making is to connect your own thoughts and experiences to what is being said. It is to create links with what no one else in the room has heard.

But how to do it?
Here are a few prompts for note making:

- I agree AND
- I disagree BECAUSE
- this REMINDS ME OF (an experience, a related concept)

Exercise by getting small snippets of the presentation and applying one prompt.

Jot 1 or 2 sentences down and save for deeper reflection later.
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Sep 6, 2021
How do you organise your research notes?

Here are some reflections on my current academic workflow.

A 🧡 of threads πŸ‘‡ Image
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Aug 4, 2021
From notes to publication.

My knowledge management workflow (Part 4 - Creation)

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The first (and hardest) step in building a publication is to create the argument (or "line of thinking").

Having linked notes about:
- the studied literature
- the results of analysis and experiments
- personal insights

already provide the building blocks for the argument.
Well taken notes even provide paragraphs for a first draft.

But what are good notes for the purpose of publication?

Let's talk about note types..
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Jul 18, 2021
It is important to separate what comes from the literature and our own contributions.

My knowledge management workflow (Part 3 - Development)

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We need to be able to demonstrate our contributions in each paper.

This may be harder when the contribution is purely conceptual.

"How to separate what is already in the literature from what we have created?"
Tracking our contributions starts in the organisation of our notes. I have two types of notes:

1. literature notes
2. personal knowledge notes
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Jul 14, 2021
My knowledge management workflow (Part 2 - Extracting phase).

After capturing new information and organising my sources, it is time to extract relevant information.

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I process my sources using a pipeline:

1. read + highlight
2. summarise
3. analyse
- extract notes
- expand notes
I highlight papers and take margin notes as I read. The colours I use are:

- pink/orange = key points
- yellow = summary
- green = interesting examples
- blue = references and ideas to explore
- purple = limitations

Yellow highlights enable me to read the paper in 2 minutes. Image
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Jul 13, 2021
Academic writing is built upon having a good way to organise notes and ideas.

Here is how I capture information.

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I separate my sources into three buckets:

- Inbox - it seems to be interesting to read
- Anti-Library - I analysed and the source is high quality and really interesting. I want to study it at some point.
- Library - sources I have read, processed and taken notes about.
If I have a research question I want some literature about, first I search my library and my anti-library.

If I still want more sources, only then I will look into my Inbox or on the web.
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