A Personal Operating System

You Don't Need Another App

At work, we live by systems. We operate within the structured worlds of CRMs, Asana backlogs and periodic reviews . We're systems-rich. We also strive to make our customers systems-rich.

But the moment we step out of the office, we become systems-poor. Our personal and creative lives—the parts that truly define us—run on a chaotic mix of single-purpose apps and forgotten notebooks.

Even if we have systems, they are not personalized to our context.

Your brain is unique. Your system should fit you, not the other way around. For years, we've tried to cram our worklows into rigid, generic apps, that dont care for our preferences. Can Generative AI help us here?

The real power of Generative AI isn't just answering questions. It's the ability to continuously learn your context—your projects, your style, your priorities—and act on your behalf.

So what system is catching you when willpower fades and life gets busy? For most of us, the answer is none. At best, it's a collection of apps that lets our most important ideas fall through the cracks.

What if you had a real system?

Couple of months back, I visited the National Museum of Indian Cinema with a friend and fellow systems thinker, sparking innumerable fun and disparate connections. Like connections between Thomas Edison and Bill Gates. Between Raj Kapoor and Steve Jobs. Many open ended questions came up during our conversations like who is bigger? The Script Writer, The actor or the Director? On the return home, instead of waiting to process my thoughts, I simply talked. By the time I walked through my front door, my notes were transcribed, summarized, tagged with photos, videos and available for review. No apps were juggled. No insights were lost. My system caught me.

This is the future I'm building with Zehen.

And that automated note-taking? That’s just one of hundreds of interconnected, agentic, personal sub-systems that you can commission to cover you non stop! It’s not about adding another tool; it's about building resilient, personalized systems that allow you to operate at your best, both in and out of the office.

"You don't rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."

What part of your personal life is crying out for a real system?