14: Amy Hodler: Context and Connections

Mar 18, 2019

Amy Hodler works for Neo4j. Here’s her Linked in profile.

Neo4j specialise in graph analytics and the connections between data. I met Amy through the website Givitas

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We’re human. We cannot parallel process.  Take the time to sharpen your own skills and give yourself a rest.  There’s always more to learn.  There are always things you don’t know. 

I mention Givitas, which is related to Adam Grant’s Givers and Takers research and Generosity Burnout. Here are some of the things Amy and I speak about.

• Amy’s background in Conflict resolution 
• Why she took on projects she wasn’t quite ready for
• The worst thing you can do for your brain
• The all-important “to don’t” list
• What she looks for in a new recruit: Curiosity balanced with ability to concentrate, variety of things they’re interested in
• Why she asks potential recruits to describe a process
• Going beyond the problem the client thinks they have to the actual problem that needs solving
• We have a scarcity of good language to describe machine learning or AI so how do we get analogies and visuals to help flesh that out: e.g. the difficulties Amy had in explaining machine learning to her mother
• Amy’s Favourite Charity is a local community charity: the importance of making yourself available to help: the community finds you.
• How everybody “lies”.  People don’t even know what they want.
• Why feedback and criticism is like training a dog
• Working ourselves “stupid”: Importance of sleep, The endless torrent of reading

Get the show notes at https://consultantsconsultant.com.au/podcast/14-amy-hodler/