The world is going to change more in the next 5 years than in any 5 year period in history. 

To me there is so so much to be optimistic about with the embedding of AI into our lives

Ultimately and paradoxically leading us towards a more human experience.

AI is revolutionising how teams work—and we’re proof of this at @cheqd_io 

We've used AI tools to execute a massive outreach strategy targeting the Top 'AI x Crypto' projects to spread our mission of the need for Verifiable AI (vAI)

Within a week we'd lined-up discussions with Top 10 AI x Crypto projects. 

👇 Steal our steps to accelerate your outreach

1️⃣ Mapped the market: 

We exported data from CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko to identify the top AI-tagged crypto projects.

2️⃣ Gathered Insights

We then leveraged ChatGPT to create bios for each project, summarising their focus areas and goals.

This accelerated our ability to map out each companies core offerings, and discover alignment (yes with AI polite as ever)

3️⃣ Categorised opportunities: 

Using the bios, we categorised each project based on their alignment with @cheqd_io's Verifiable AI offerings:

Core Use Cases:
1️⃣ Proof of Permission & Al agents
2️⃣ Content Credentials
3️⃣ Proof Of Personhood

Secondary Use Cases:
4️⃣ Data Collection & Provenance
5️⃣ Model Training
6️⃣ Model Deployment
7️⃣ Hardware Geo-location
8️⃣ Zero-Knowledge Verification

This step gave us a clear map of how we could add value.

4️⃣ Identified alignment: 

With a solid understanding of each company, we collaborated with ChatGPT to identify specific use cases / collaboration opportunities based on our Verifiable AI offerings.

I simply uploaded our e-book and used it to have a conversation on what the partnership could look like.

This helped us pinpoint exactly how @cheqd_io could support each project.

https://cheqd.io/solutions/use-cases/verifiable-ai/

5️⃣ Tailored outreach: 

Armed with insights, I then crafted tailored outreach messages for each project, showcasing:

• Our understanding of their goals
• How Verifiable AI aligns with their mission
• Clear next steps for collaboration

With each message I reviewed, cross-checked and adapted, using the initial version as a solid base.

The result? 

A highly efficient outreach strategy that saved us countless hours, whilst offering us unique insights into how we align.

This sped up the process, plus made our strategy smarter, more focused, and more impactful, even identifying niche overlap we'd missed.

Revolutionizing Teamwork through AI: A Case Study

I spent my early 20's unsure what my career would look like. 

Full of enthusiasm, passion and energy, but totally lost on how I would apply it in the real world. 

Fortunately I found Product Management

🧵 Here's my story and why the future belongs to product-led people, augmented by AI

🤖 It's now cliche to even say is, but AI is everywhere, threatening jobs across industries—from labor-intensive work to creative fields. 

As a result, everyone’s skill set is evolving. Fast.

Jobs are increasingly varied and the previous conveyer belt labour model with one person, one skill, one task is disappearing rapidly.

💼 80% of millennials + Gen Z are preparing for a future where traditional jobs and careers they've built might vanish. 

🧪What’s the antidote? 

Anti-fragile skills. 

Anti-fragility is about more than being prepared. 

It means something that does not merely withstand a shock but improves because of it.

Amid this change, set of skills is becoming increasingly valuable, across all career paths and industries. - product - but only if those who focused on it augment their skills and techniques fast

AI skill augmentation is the biggest opportunity for professional development in history, and everyone is becoming a product person, whether they realise it or not.

But surely product people just fade away, as other roles just do the 'product stuff'?

I've heard tonnes of marketing & sales people on one side, and engineering on the other, say this.

But this is an predictable and misunderstood way of thinking. 

Pretty much anyone will be able to build and sell now, so what really will make someone stand out is who is best at identifying the problems & opportunities.

A ludicrous amount of time and money is wasted on problems either already solved or that just don't need solving.

Product people get this. 

In a world where no-code tools and AI are making it easier to build solutions, product-led founders are the most admired.

They understand the problem, relate to customers, and lead with the problem first..

They Start With Why - (@simonsinek 

🎓 Fresh out of university, I wasn’t sure where to take my degree in Political Science and International Relations (so many crying out "why did you choose that?'")

I loved learning about global politics, debating the classic philosophical topics, exploring applications of tech for good, researching, studying, and writing... it was enjoyable and it improved many of my research, writing and skills in identifying and communicating problems.

But translating that into a career felt daunting and not all that applicable 

🔗 Driven by a desire to decentralise finance to increase financial inclusion and empower change in emerging countries, I eventually found my passion in blockchain and crypto, realising that it is the most likely and actionable route to create change, improve people's lives and build a more trusted society and world

🏢 Heading into management consulting, as a hungry (naive) 23-year old, joining @Accenture offered a perfect platform to learn and grow

However, I quickly learned that I wanted more than just to succeed and progress in a somewhat narrow minded way of thinking. 

I wanted to have ownership, have a voice, build, sell, market, lead, inspire, and live a fulfilling, freer and more independent life

To do this, you need to know your value, have applicable skills and not be trapped by fancy titles and performance cycles.

💡 Since leaving that world, I've been amazed by how many consultants I worked with who have contacted me asking how to shift into product management and startups, but felt like they needed to 're-train' and get totally new skills

The reality? 

Most consultants and tbh many generally already have the core skills of product —they just need to know how to communicate it in the context of product building

So what are these skills?

🌱 Product roles combine research, analysis, listening skills, communication, connecting ideas, leadership and distilling information.

A perfect fit for those who naturally gravitate towards problem-solving and entrepreneurship.

Product people are the "glue" people.

 🛠️ It’s about owning and managing a product - which is what every company revolves around - or at least absolutely should

A product solves a problem for a specific audience and the product manager identifies the problem and finds way to solve it —plain and simple.

🤔If you're wondering if this path would fit you, ask yourself:

1. Do you often find and want to solve problems?
2. Are you the glue in your social, family and work circles?
3. Do you enjoy building relationships, networking and listening?
4. Have you ever dreamed of being an entrepreneur?
5. Do you love finding new hacks and optimisations?


🚀 If you answered yes to any of these, product management might be for you.

The role is becoming more vital as startups scale and globalise, with product managers and product-led-founders at the core of their success.

🌍 Companies that succeed in tech often place product as one of the highest and most valuable skillsets.

A good product person/leader is loved by their customers, partners, engineers and leadership.

These are the people who shape the strategic direction of a company and make things happen.

🍏 Just look at Apple. 

Steve Jobs described it as a series of mini-startups, each led by a product manager. 

They are the people driving innovation and connecting teams.

🛤️ If you’re stuck in a corporate bubble, crying to get out, are feeling unfulfilled, consider product management. 

Yes, it might mean a pay cut or some initial stress, fear and discomfort, but the reward? 

A truly fulfilling, anti-fragile and sustainable career.

 😨 And, if you’re feeling threatened or panicked by AI...product management is a solid path to keep you resilient in rapid change.

Using AI to augment your skills can make you the most flexible person in a company.

Whether you’re technical or not, if you love solving problems, connecting people and things, and can lead and communicate like an artist, this is for you.


🔥 The future belongs to those who can lead with tech as their ally, unite people around an idea and vision and make the complex simple.

And that is the essence of product.

If you're feeling lost in your career or scared of change, I hope you've found this helpful.

I've just launched a personal newsletter where I'm sharing my personal philosophies and reflections on product, crypto, and life as a 30-year-old builder and writer living the nomad life in Bali

Subscribe at https://www.rosspower.co.uk/

And if this interested you, follow me @rosspower for more like this.

The Power of Product Management

I've been reading @martinotoole's "How To Die Happy" this month and, within it, was guided to write my "top end-of-life regrets."

The first came to me instantly - not re-learning to play the guitar

Today, I made a step to overcome that regret.

What would yours be?  Go do that

Thanks to the great @YamahaMusicLDN team - Miles & Kyle - who were brilliant in guiding me to find the right one and made it a great experience

And @puddicombe, thank you for your kind gesture and introduction to the Yamaha Music team.

Overcoming Regrets Through Music

Don’t have secrets
Those with the least secrets have the most joy 

Don’t be a “busy” person
Don’t say your “busy”
Don’t admire “busy-ness”
Do be anti-busy

If you can see it in your mind, and you have the courage to speak it, it will happen.

"Every single person who wants to do something and has done something with their life has gone through the exact chapter that you're going through - 'The Lonely Chapter'."

Perhaps you're in yours... I had one too; embrace it.

What is 'The Lonely Chapter'?

👇

The 'Lonely Chapter' is a transitional phase, a sign that change is on the horizon. 

It's a period when you're caught between a life you no longer want and the life you're ready to embrace. 

This is a time of potential when a new, more fulfilling life is within reach.... 

But you're not there yet...

- You don't have the clarity of mind to know what you're working towards
- You don't have the outcomes to fit into a new group
- You don't have the skills to succeed in the new space you're venturing into
- You don't have the proof of progress

As a result, your motivation is highly inconsistent  

With no signs of success, you're questioning if it is worth it, constantly called back to the previous life of comfort & predictability, where friends & family know you and your skills match the requirements to 'succeed.'

It's a dichotomy... and your best opportunity to create the next you

Caught between two identities, you can create a new one that fits who you want to be, not taking a specific identity of either or anyone... 

If this sounds familiar, here are my tips:

1️⃣ Choose the Lonely Chapter

There's a difference between being alone and being lonely

You can be alone but not lonely 
You can be lonely but not alone

When you bring attention to this, you take control of your emotions and have the power.

Sometimes, the loneliest moments are found in a crowd

Knowing you're amongst friends and feeling alone can be the most isolating feeling

Once you choose The Lonely Chapter, you realise it's part of your growth and a stage to embrace and enjoy instead of bathing in sadness

2️⃣ Make clarity your priority

Once you know where you're heading, the unpredictable levels of motivation become the waves of change rather than scary stops and starts.

Be highly specific about your goals and intentions - only you can do this and know what you want.

3️⃣  Acquire the skills by trial and error

Amass the skills required for the next phase by trial and error

Don't work in silence; try things in public - public trial (and failure) helps with accountability and consistency

4️⃣ Find role models, then become your own

Discover people who have done what you want

Work out how they did it & what skills they acquired

Then, use your Clarity 2️⃣ to become your own role model

Keep reminding yourself of your vision as "we become what we think about"

5️⃣ Accept & embrace your peculiarities to become exceptional

Life is a long journey of self-acceptance

The earlier you can accept your own peculiarities as part of you, rather than trying to justify them, the faster you get where you want to go...

You can not do what everyone else has done and expect NOT to get what everyone else has got

It all comes down to valuing your opinion of yourself more than other people's opinion of you... 

Be weird, be different, be exceptional

Though more retrospectively, this theory has certainly helped me make sense of my phases of transition and likely will provide comfort in any future transitional era 

Check out the full video here (if you like this, follow @ChrisWillx + @AlexHormozi)

https://youtu.be/CJhoEft7Wm8?si=ydBWegyC7nDKHwq

Embrace Your Lonely Chapter

Every game gets a lot easier when you’re 100% convinced you want to play it
— @anuatluru

Truly valuing your opinion of yourself more than other people's opinion of you is not arrogant... you end up doing yourself, all people close to you, and even strangers, a favour