GetToKnow.You
Get to know someone.
Better conversations can help us understand one another and build relationships that matter—across language, culture, work, and everyday life.
Where to begin
Five ways in
Whether you arrived from social media, MandarinOS, EnglishOS, or a personal recommendation, start wherever feels natural.
Start Here
A short curated introduction for first-time visitors.
Explore
A map of themes once you know where you are headed.
Library
The complete published library—essays, stories, summaries, and videos hosted here.
Try
MandarinOS to use now and EnglishOS to explore—practical ConversationOS projects for building trust and relationships through conversation.
About
Raymond Young, why he is building GetToKnow.You, and how ConversationOS, MandarinOS, and EnglishOS fit together.
From the commons
Featured
A couple of published pieces worth knowing about—then follow Start Here for the full introduction.
EnglishOS
EnglishOS helps people use the English they already know to build trust and relationships through conversation. It is initially exploring a specific challenge for Chinese companies expanding overseas: many salespeople can explain their products in English, but may be much less confident using English to get to know overseas customers.
MandarinOS
A working example of ConversationOS in practice: MandarinOS helps people sustain meaningful exchanges and form relationships while learning Mandarin. It belongs in the commons as one concrete way conversation becomes the path to knowing people.
The founder
Raymond Young
Raymond is building GetToKnow.You from a career that has crossed technology, organisations, education, China, Australia, and New Zealand—and from long experience watching how people communicate, and how often they fail to understand one another.
Community Charter
The Community Charter sets out how we hope to treat one another as this commons grows.