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The OG Operating System
A Human OS for a World Running at AI Speed
By Olivier Gomez (OG). A system for running your life and your work when output is cheap and judgment is not.
Free extract: the introduction, the whole system on one page, the 30-question test and the opening of Chapter 2. PDF, 30 pages. Free to share.
Output is cheap.
The operator is the bottleneck.
AI can now write, code, analyze and plan in seconds. It can’t sleep for you, own your decisions, keep your promises, or decide what your life is for.
For 25 years, Olivier Gomez kept large machine systems running. When things failed, the cause was rarely the technology. It was a tired person, poor communication, or an outcome nobody owned.
This book takes the discipline that keeps large systems running and applies it to a human life. One governor. Five layers. Ten components. One rule: fix the lowest failing layer first.
Five layers
Repair starts at the bottom.
Inside
- 23 real OG Field Notes
- A 30-item self-assessment
- A symptom router: start from what hurts
- The fourteen-day installation
- An AI Stress Test in every chapter
Contents
Why the machines were never the problem.
Health and Energy, Ownership, Discipline
Freedom, Leverage, Communication and Sales, Relationships
Identity and Action
Awareness and Feedback
Meaning
The OG OS Assessment, Incident Reports, The OG Operating Protocol, Running the OS With AI, The Governor: One Rule Above Everything
The OG Operating System in One Page, The Symptom Router, The Rule Index, Installing the OS in a Team, Passing the OS to Your Kids
Read it once front to back. After that, use it: start from the symptom, find the lowest failing layer, fix it there.
Motivation sucks. Trust discipline.
About the author
Olivier Gomez (OG) is the CEO and Co-Founder of IAC.AI. Over 25 years at HP and DXC Technology, he helped run automation at global scale, including an estate of more than 3,000 bots. He is co-author of The A to Z of Generative AI. He wrote this book first for his children.
Human-written, AI-assisted. More about OG: biography, insights and press kit.