Danny Hatcher's Ecological PKM Stack
The books on movement, learning, and ecological dynamics that shape Danny Hatcher's coaching-meets-PKM approach. Plus the Obsidian setup that holds it all.
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- note Ecological dynamics says skill emerges from the interacti...
- book Range
David Epstein's argument for generalists in a specialist world. Resonates with PKM as cross-domain i
- link Danny Talks Tech (Substack)
Where Danny writes longer-form essays connecting coaching, PKM, and entrepreneurship.
- podcast The Personal Knowledge Management Podcast
Weekly conversations about PKM through an ecological dynamics lens. Co-hosted with Jon.
- article Ecological Dynamics in Coaching
The framework that says skill is not in the head — it emerges from the body in an environment. Danny
- article Constraints-Led Approach
Constraints-led coaching: change the task or environment, let the skill emerge. Better than correcti
- article Why Repetition-Without-Repetition Matters
Bernstein's idea: every movement is slightly different. Variability is the feature, not the bug.
- note Danny's bridge insight: PKM is a coaching problem. You ar...
- note Vault structure is about constraints. Too rigid -> dea...
- book How We Learn to Move
Rob Gray's book on motor learning. Foundational for understanding why traditional drills fail and ec
- book Transforming Basketball
Brian McCormick's case for ecological basketball coaching. Danny references this often when arguing
- book Peak
Ericsson's deliberate practice book. Useful counterpoint to ecological dynamics — Danny's content of
- link Obsidian
Danny's primary vault tool. He runs an entire YouTube channel on Obsidian setups, plugins, and workf
- book Book
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