OAO and Technology

## Summary In this episode of the Less Doing Podcast, Ari and Nick sit down for a conversation with [Professor Gary Charness](http://econ.ucsb.edu/~charness/), professor of behavioral economics at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Listen in as they discuss Nick’s in-class experience at UCSB, the value of communication in facilitating better social outcomes, the disparity between behavioral economics, experimental economics, and game theory, and much, much more.

## Key Quote “Entrepreneurship is the only job I’ve ever been able to keep longer than five months.”

## What You’ll Learn

1. Why, if the conditions are right for it, you should live in another country.

2. The importance of following your passion, and how it will invariably lead you down the right path.

3. What Josh’s company handles.

4. How to be transparent with your clients.

5. The importance of getting the client to focus on the results.

6. The motivation behind [Josh’s book](https://www.joshsteimle.com/books/cmos-at-work/).

7. Why some clients prefer Basecamp while others prefer Trello.

8. What Josh spends most of his day (and energy) focusing on.

9. Why you should try to make yourself unnecessary. The hidden value of bringing on a partner. ——- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message

## Guest J.J. Kaye – [High Pressure Zone](http://www.highpressure.zone/)

## Summary In this episode of the Less Doing Podcast, Ari and Nick chat with [J.J. Kaye,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jjkaye) a designer who looks beyond the aesthetic value of art and applies business applications to design strategy. Having worked with several companies to develop successful brands, J.J. has incredible insights into where the worlds of design and business currently collide, and where they will collide in the future.

## Key Quote “The quality of the design is only going to be as good as the thinking that you put behind it.”

## What You’ll Learn

1. The value of design, and it’s role in strengthening companies and products

2. How companies waste both time and money on the misconceptions surrounding design

3. Ari and Nick’s process with their website design and how they have learned to focus on what their goals are for the site

4. Translating user feedback on design and identifying how it affects the user experience

5. JJ’s balance between a business mind and a designer’s mind—designing for the business and not for yourself

6. How product design, marketing, and brand design are all part of the same design unit

7. The current stage of JJ’s company and his system to find the best designers

8. Hiring strong designers vs. developing a strong concept

9. JJ’s Top Three Pieces of Advice to Be More Effective ——- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message

## Key Quote “This is one more way that Amazon is getting in there.”

## Time-Stamped Notes

– 00:10 – The Art of Less Doing, on Audible

– 00:45 – [Amazon Prime Now](https://primenow.amazon.com/restaurants?ref=producthunt) has restaurants

– 01:30 – So many restaurants can’t do delivery

– 01:50 – Get [CloudApp](https://www.getcloudapp.com/?ref=producthunt) to easily share anything.

– 02:55 – [Gridspace Memo](https://www.gridspace.com/memo?ref=producthunt) is a conferencing solution that automatically gives summaries of conference calls.

– 04:00 – A resource if you have lots of conference calls

– 04:30 – [Brieftube](http://brieftube.net/?ref=producthunt) is a Chrome extension that will automatically summarize a video.

– 04:50 – It will give you summaries and a table of contents for the video you’re watching.

– 05:20 – [Keplr](http://keplr.io/?ref=producthunt) takes your data and makes a prediction model

– 06:20 – You still need some customization and some work beyond the app

– 06:45 – Let us know what you think about this book title: Idea to Execution in a Day ——- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message