Hey friends and strangers,
at Neoscon, I gave a (lightly hungover) lightning talk about something that @robert’s keynote inspired. (See here – viewer discretion is advised, it was very improvised).
In summary
My hypothesis after Robert’s talk was:
We are wasting an enormous amount of time and energy (and potentially our clients’ money?) by working in silos. Someone builds an MCP server, to use Robert’s example. Then fifteen other agencies build the exact same thing. Nobody knows, nobody benefits. We all start from zero.
The Neos ecosystem is small enough to be tight-knit, and big enough to have real collective intelligence. We’re just not using it to its full potential.
I called the talk Crosspollination – the idea being, that agencies, like plants, get stronger when they exchange what they’ve got. And I promised I’d follow up with something concrete.
So here it is: I want to start a regular exchange format for all Neos agencies and freelancers. This invitation extends to developers, designers, project managers and anyone else who feels like they can contribute something valuable to our shared effort.
My thinking so far: A monthly call! Agencies prepare and share what they’re building, what problems they’ve solved, what they’re still stuck on. If time allows, I’ll happily moderate and keep it moving. Otherwise, I’m sure someone will step in. (If this idea sucks, I’m absolutely open to suggestions.)
I’m setting a first Crosspollination call for next Friday, (August 14th 2026) at 2pm and inviting everyone who’s interested to just show up.
Everyone is welcome – agencies big and small, freelancers, anyone in the Neos ecosystem who’s tired of rebuilding or troubleshooting the same things alone. (This is not restricted to devs! This is an open space! Bring a designer. Bring a PM. Bring a friend.)
If you can’t make it this time, don’t worry. This is a test-run.
The goal for the first session: shape the format together. What should we share? How do we structure it? When do we meet? What does a shared space look like? I have ideas, but I want this to be a collective (
) thing from the start.
If you’d like to bring a cool current project (that you want to brag about a little bit) or a concrete problem (to see if the hive-mind has a solution), reach out to me beforehand – the more tangible we can get, the better.
See you next week on the 14th over HERE on slack #crosspollination.