Practical PKM Creativity Flywheels, Vol. 1: Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Mar 23, 2026
A journey from a wake-up health scare to a radical career shift into neuroscience. Building a personal knowledge system while studying and a low-friction capture routine. Using bidirectional links to surface surprising connections. A mind-garden metaphor for cultivating ideas and a publish-from-notes workflow for turning notes into writing.
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Calendar Check Before Hospital Visit
- Anne-Laure LeCunff checked her calendar after being told she had a life-threatening blood clot instead of calling loved ones.
- That moment led her to quit Google, move to London, and study neuroscience to understand her own mind.
Generation Effect Drives Deep Learning
- The generation effect strengthens retention when you produce information in your own words rather than passively consuming it.
- Anne-Laure wrote weekly plain-language summaries of what she studied and published them publicly to stay accountable.
Capture Anything That Stops You
- Capture anything that stops you into a persistent writing inbox so ideas are available when you sit down to write.
- Anne-Laure uses Google Keep on the go and moves longer items into Roam Research for deeper thinking.