Sharing my Personal Knowledge Management system is made up of 4 types of note:

- A capture note: unedited text captured in various ways
- Organisation notes
- Distil notes: expressing capture notes in my own words
- Express notes are my original ideas

In more detail... (THREAD) 1/ Capture notes are imported into Roam and tagged #Capture:

- Articles and newsletters go into Instapaper. When I read I make highlight which syncs with Readwise
- I highlight in Kindle which syncs with Readwise
- I upload PDFs to Liner and export highlights to Roam

I recorded 130 podcast interviews and had little traction.

This is what I've learnt about finding your niche online a.k.a. specific knowledge, personal monopoly, unique authenticity, etc.

Here's what I should have done differently.

THREAD 1/ Be different.

Choose a combination of topics that are unique to you that no one else has ever combined.

By combining 2-3 topics you're interest in with your passion and personality, you will land on your sweet spot. Be different and you will eventually find an audience.

1/ I love meetings!

..specifically the Virtual Lean Coffee kind.

I joined one today to connect with people in a virtual meet-up of an online community.

They're a great way to create an agenda that is meaningful for attendees and facilitates productive conversations. 2/ For work meetings, it might work particularly well when there are several people representing multiple projects on the call.

Here's how we did it on Zoom:

1. Collaborate via miro.com to create 3 columns with To Discuss, In Process, Done

Catching up on the latest goings on in the WASH sector. I can only handle so much. Full of jargony dev speak, gobbledygook. It frustrates me and pickles my brain.

It's like speaking in code. If we want to break down silos and be more inclusive, we've got do better. Example:

"Our research focused on two aspects: the enabling environment necessary to support a cross-sectoral approach; and the degree to which improvements in long-term sustainable WASH services are prioritised and integrated into other cholera control interventions."

🔥Just finished what feels like a pivotable report in global dev..

Embracing complexity: Towards a shared understanding of funding systems change

by @kafrischen @JerooBillimoria @cheryldorsey @F_Bonnici @shivanigp among others

A thread 👇 Big idea: the current funder-grantee paradigm needs to change into one that features partnership, flexibility, longer time horizons and collaboration.

(Amen to that)

"After all, what private investor would provide a company with a 20 year loan where ownership of assets is unclear?" Recommended read and singing from my hymn sheet - great piece @ircpatrick #socent This also sums up so many investors I've spoken to about expanding their portfolio in water and sanitation enterprises (not just social enterprises) - too risky, unregulated, unclear institutional roles, seen as public sector jobs. It needs coordination at the systems level