June 24, 2025 #### #### Links [Transistor](https://share.transistor.fm/s/17190db7) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/3DBRCVFep0YbYeLPcVVXQv) [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/essential-dynamics-with-derek-hudson/id1542392917) [Podcast Addict](https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/essential-dynamics-with-derek-hudson/3153944) ![[EDy 5 panel 1.png]] #### Summary In this follow-up to Episode 113, Derek and Dave return to the question: _Can technology help leaders step back and see their system?_ The answer is a big reveal. EDy is a conversational AI designed to help leaders get unstuck and achieve system flow using Essential Dynamics. EDy doesn’t give answers, he helps leaders think clearly, focus their attention, and take meaningful action. He's private, adaptive, and available anytime a leader needs to step back and see their system. #### Concepts - [[Purpose]] - [[Path]] - [[People]] - [[System Flow]] - [[Leadership Attention]] #### Quotes >You can’t see the system that you’re in. It’s very hard to get out of the system that you’re in. You’re in the system and sort of by definition that’s what it is. >EDy listens for meaning, not just keywords. It responds based on your context and helps you see what you might be missing. >We haven’t done this work on Essential Dynamics for so long with hundreds of years of human wisdom behind it and all facets to not pull on that... There are times where we need the learnings of other people, but they come best when a leader has gone through a process of getting really clear on what they’re trying to do, really clear on how they’re stuck, and then teasing a little bit more out of the human knowledge base to put in front of them. >So I just really think that if leaders have the time and ability to step back and see the system that they’re going to find ways to run their organizations better. >Leaders don’t need more information—they need clarity. EDy helps focus limited attention where it matters most. #### See also - Edy is at [edy.guide](https://edy.guide/) - Derek and Dave are at [Unconstrained](https://getunconstrained.com/) - EDy was built with [Pickaxe](https://pickaxe.co/) %% > “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the level of thinking we were at when we created them.” – Derek > “You can’t see the system that you’re in. It’s very hard to get out of the system that you’re in. You’re in the system and sort of by definition that’s what it is.” – Derek > “Essential Dynamics is a very, very simple way to getting at... the essential elements of a system. There’s a purpose... there are processing steps... that’s done by people... So those are the three elements. That allows for all kinds of conversation.” – Derek > “The epiphany... where you ask a question and then there’s this pause. And then they say, I never looked at it that way.” – Derek > “EDy listens for meaning, not just keywords. It responds based on your context and helps you see what you might be missing.” – Derek > “We haven’t done this work on Essential Dynamics for so long with hundreds of years of human wisdom behind it and all facets to not pull on that.” – Derek > “There are times where we need... the learnings of other people, but they come best when a leader has gone through a process of getting really clear on what they’re trying to do, really clear on how they’re stuck and then teasing a little bit more out of the human knowledge base to put in front of them.” – Derek > “If you’re getting to action steps, then... practically speaking... EDy puts his hand up and says, well, I’ll write the notes up for that.” – Derek > “So I just really think that if leaders have the time and ability to step back and see the system that they’re going to find ways to run their organizations better.” – Derek > “Leaders don’t need more information—they need clarity. EDy helps focus limited attention where it matters most.” – Dave > “Essential Dynamics... is just a very simple and straightforward way of... looking at your company in the system and helping it out... It just it unlocks it so much.” – Dave