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Forrest Thiessen

@orderfromchaos.today

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Geek. I plan to occasionally post about things I'm thinking about or hobby projects I'm working on. I publish a newsletter about getting things done in large teams: orderfromchaos.today.

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Forrest Thiessen @orderfromchaos.today · 18/04/2025

Photo of me from one of ALF’s advertisements 😀

Advertisement showing a man building a computer circuit card using a hammer and chisel. Caption: “ALF still believes in Old World Quality. Our skilled craftsmen make each Apple Music card by hand. One at a time.”

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Forrest Thiessen @orderfromchaos.today · 12/11/2024

Ok, this is fun... I've seen people sharing images like this today, so I gave it a shot and couldn't stop laughing. This is what I get when I prompt ChatGPT with "Based on what you know about me make up an image about what you think my life looks like"

A cozy study room with a modern computer setup, shelves of books on engineering and history, capturing the organized and exploratory spirit of a professional with diverse interests.

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Forrest Thiessen @orderfromchaos.today · 11/04/2024

When asked about skill gaps in their teams, senior execs ALWAYS tell me the same thing: the ability to write effective emails. Read how you can make your emails more effective, and about how you can use AI tools like Gemini and ChatGPT to improve your writing, at orderfromchaos.today/executive-em...

Meme. Left: relaxed cat; caption “How you hope your email finds me.” Right: frantic cat; caption “How it actually finds me”.

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Forrest Thiessen @orderfromchaos.today · 12/03/2024

Ikigai is usually applied to help oneself find a more fulfilling path in life, but it works just as well when applied to whole teams. A team whose members feel fulfilled in their work and workplace in these dimensions will outperform teams that don't. More: orderfromchaos.today/team-ikigai/

A Venn diagram labeled "Ikigai" of four overlapping circles, labeled "What you love", "What the word needs", "what you can be paid for", and "what you're good at".

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