Looking back on my best work of the past couple decades, almost none of it has happened because of steady progression toward a goal, accruing achievement step-by-step. The most authentic and novel work has come from emergent discoveries that suggested catalyzing action, followed by experimentation and sharing of my findings. This is how my productivity works, and this year's hypothesis is that the trigger comes from having great conversations with like-minded people. The implications of this are that my kind of productivity is ill-suited for most people, but so long as I can create perceptible value with some regularity that will be OK.