AboutMy work is distilling complex information into actionable insight.
The latticework
Charlie Munger argued that good judgment comes from a latticework of mental models: the big ideas from many fields, held together so each one checks the others. Finding the connections between them is the work I love most. In a classroom, a keynote, or an investment decision, I take the research from many fields and distill it into the few pieces that matter: what to do next, and what to stop.
Bio
Lucas Miller is a cognitive scientist, author, and faculty at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, in the Management of Organizations (MORS) and Entrepreneurship and Innovation groups. He teaches "The Science of Productivity and Performance" and "The Augmented Executive". He is also the author of Beyond Brilliance: The Blueprint for Learning Anything.
With his wife Dr. Sahar Yousef, he runs the Becoming Superhuman Lab, a training and consulting firm that teaches busy professionals who think for a living how to get their most important work done, in less time, with less stress.
Lucas' current research focuses on the evolving interplay between productivity and technology, where he teaches organizations how to leverage AI as a cognitive partner that can help us overcome the brain’s limitations and free up bandwidth for what matters most. He has given 700+ talks and keynotes to knowledge workers from over 50 countries.
He also runs a small investment partnership called Berkeley Hathaway.
Press and media
- The Wall Street JournalSo You Got Slack for Your Employees, Make Sure You're Ready For ItRead
- Wired UKHow Slack Ruined WorkRead
- The Genius SeriesHow to Borrow 30 IQ Points From AIWatch
- Radio HeadspaceThe Science of Effective BreaksListen
- Radio HeadspaceOptimize Your SleepListen
- Radio HeadspaceEarly Birds vs. Night OwlsListen
- Berkeley Haas NewsroomClassified: Becoming Superhuman teaches the science of productivity, performance, and wellnessRead
- Congressional Management FoundationPreventing Burnout: Using the Science of Stress and Energy Management to Reset and RecoverRead
- Berkeley Haas PodcastsHelping Haasies Become SuperhumanWatch
Elsewhere
- Becoming Superhuman (opens in a new tab)Training on the science of productivity, performance, and AI
- MMM Institute (opens in a new tab)Research and assessments on minds, machines, and meaning
- LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)Career history