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Issue #387  (AI Shrinks the Team, Not the Problem) 07/13/26


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A recent episode of the Ted Talks Daily podcast discussed What sitting all day does to your brain and body, featuring exercise scientist Keith Diaz. This is the first in a seven-part series on how you can live a healthier life in the current high-tech era.
 
Taking a walk

In the episode, Diaz explains that:
 
"... your body is built for the kind of movement that modern life has quietly erased – and suggests something refreshingly doable: making time for small doses of movement sprinkled throughout the day, as a way to boost your brain and body."

The concept that exercise and movement are good for the brain isn't new, but it's something we should all be reminded of from time to time.

Now on to this week's hand-picked productivity links!

 
 

Tools & Apps

Legend — An all-in-one productivity space where your documents, notes, to-do lists, emails, files, outlines, and projects all live beautifully together.

OpenKnowledge — An open source, private, and local Markdown editor with integrations for Claude, Codex, and other harnesses, for knowledge bases, LLM wikis, specs, and notes.

Meco — Enjoy newsletters in a space designed for reading. Meco is a distraction-free space for reading and discovering newsletters, separate from the inbox. Add your newsletters in seconds and liberate your inbox today!    sponsor  

JoyCast — A Mac app that upgrades your microphone to a studio-grade mic for any audio input context, including Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams, with no lag, no cloud, and no tracking.

Momentum — A weekly planner that allows you to assign energy to tasks (S, M, L, XL) offering a solution that's more than a to-do list and more nuanced than a calendar.

Levee — An integration that turns your Slack and Jira backlog into a single daily digest with AI-drafted replies you can send in one click.

AI Agent — Create a team of AI agents that automate repetitive tasks, allowing you to plug into tools you already use and train AI agents on your existing docs.
 

Articles & Resources

AI Shrinks the Team, Not the Problem — The author believes it is a 'dangerous half-truth' to say that a team with 3x productivity from AI can cut their staff down 30 to 10.

What’s the Difference Between Stress and Burnout? — Understanding how they differ can help you make the necessary adjustments to ensure things don't get worse.

The Zeigarnik Effect Is Running Your Life — The effect in question, discovered by a Russian psychologist in the 1920s, purports that our brains tend to want closure on tasks.

The Deep View — The go-to daily newsletter for 700k+ founders, knowledge workers and professionals who want to stay up to date with AI.     sponsor  

How to Push Back on Impossible Deadlines Using This Simple Framework — Some encouragement for project managers to renegotiate deadlines that were misjudged at the outset of a project, but doing so in an effective manner.

A Non-Linear Career Path Isn’t a Red Flag — Specifically discussing careers in the creative niche, where it's generally advised not to "zigzag" and move around a lot in your career progress.

Trying Not to Try: Finding Freedom from Striving in the Ancient Chinese Concept of Wu-Wei — A 2014 article on a popular book by a renowned scholar of Chinese thought, exploring "the power of spontaneity".

Suggestions?

Have a suggestion for a productivity-related tool, article, or other resource? Send me a direct message via X or chat via Bluesky and I’ll consider including it in a future issue.

Stay productive!

Louis
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