Founder and ecosystem
About
GetToKnow.You is an emerging public commons for meaningful conversation and relationship. It sits at the centre of a small ecosystem that is still taking shape.
How the pieces fit
GetToKnow.You
The umbrella mission and emerging public commons.
ConversationOS
The developing framework for conversations that build understanding and relationships.
MandarinOS
The first practical application—a conversation simulator for Mandarin learners.
Raymond Young
The founder and personal voice behind the work.
Raymond Young
Raymond’s career has crossed technology, organisations, education, China, Australia, and New Zealand. GetToKnow.You grows from long experience observing how people communicate—and how often they fail to understand one another.
The project is not a finished community platform. It is a careful beginning: a charter, a commons of curated works, and practical experiments such as MandarinOS.
Our Influences
GetToKnow.You did not begin with us. It builds on ideas that thoughtful people have been developing for generations about friendship, trust, curiosity, and human relationships.
One of the greatest pioneers was Dale Carnegie, whose classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People, first published in 1936, introduced millions of people to the enduring value of showing genuine interest in others, listening well, and helping people feel valued.
Nearly ninety years later, those principles remain just as relevant.
We are not trying to reinvent them. Instead, we are exploring how they can be practised in a connected world—where conversations often begin online, cross cultures and languages, and are increasingly supported by artificial intelligence.
If Dale Carnegie helped a generation understand the timeless principles of building relationships, our hope is to help a new generation put those principles into practice using the tools and opportunities of the twenty-first century.
Our goal is simple: to build practical tools, communities, and learning experiences that help people turn timeless relationship principles into everyday habits. If our work encourages even a small number of people to become better listeners, more curious conversationalists, and better friends, then we will have achieved something worthwhile.
We gratefully acknowledge the pioneering work of Dale Carnegie, together with the many researchers, educators, and practitioners whose ideas continue to inspire us.
GetToKnow.You is an independent initiative. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with Dale Carnegie, the Dale Carnegie organization, or its training programmes.