Innova.Buzz

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit innovabiz.substack.com Our guest in this episode is Scott Levy, the founder and CEO of ResultMaps. Scott is on a mission to help the world be its “inspired best” by architecting systems that clear away the “friction” of modern work. He combines a deep understanding of neuroscience with a pragmatic approach to technology, helping teams stop “fighting the currents” of their own biology and start surfing them. We had a fascinating chat about why most of us feel so burnt out (a hint: our work models are stuck in the 1920s) and how to use new tools, especially AI, as a “Lego set” to build better, more human-centric workflows. Key points discussed include: * Working with your brain, not against it, by understanding your natural peak performance cycles. * Using AI as a “Lego set” to build small, focused solutions that solve real friction points. * How AI forces us to be clearer, accidentally training us to be better human communicators. Listen to the podcast to find out more. Innovabiz Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Show Notes from this episode with Scott Levy, ResultMaps It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Scott Levy of ResultMaps to the Innovabuzz podcast. Scott’s mission is a big one: to help the world be its “inspired best.” Now, that’s a goal I can truly get behind. But as we dug into our conversation, it became clear that the biggest thing holding most teams back isn’t a lack of drive or even a lack of tools. It’s the invisible, day-to-day friction in how we work. Scott has this fantastic way of looking at the modern work environment, and he kicked things off by explaining that most of us are, quite frankly, just “swimming upstream” against our own biology. We’re fighting a battle we can’t win, and it’s leading to massive burnout. It’s a feeling I think we all know well, that sense of being completely overwhelmed and overworked, which, as Scott so perfectly put it, “just plain sucks.” Now, as for the antidote to things that ‘plain suck’... That feeling of being overwhelmed... it’s also the exact starting point for the rest of our fascinating conversation, and for the deeper work I’m exploring. This podcast is the beginning of the conversation, but the personal reflections—the “why” behind what was said—are where the real journey begins. If you’d like to read the rest of this post, where Scott shares his brilliant “surfer” and “Lego” analogies for navigating our brains and our technology, I’d love to invite you to become a paid subscriber. A subscription unlocks these full, detailed show notes, but more importantly, it welcomes you into a quieter space. It’s where I share my private, 3x-a-week reflections on these conversations about AI, the “behind-the-lens” stories from my photography, and the personal meditations that connect them all. It’s a place for the curious, and I’d be honoured to share it with you.