- Name
- Vasily Chernogorov · Василий Черногоров
- Role
- Author of the CALM method, creator of the assistant Jimmy
- Experience
- 20 years running businesses hands-on, as the owner
- Where
- Distributed teams: Dubai, Asia, Europe
- First CALM canon
- 22 July 2026
Where the method came from
For twenty years I have run businesses hands-on — as the one who answers for the result: teams, deals, projects in several countries, and for the last few years distributed between Dubai, Asia and Europe.
With all that experience of running companies, I eventually admitted something honest to myself: my own system for managing myself was failing. Operations ate the day, strategic tasks stood untouched for months, and what was left in the evening was guilt over what had not been done.
The method was born at that point. I assembled CALM as my own operating system — and I live by it every day: my morning Focus is put together by the same algorithm that will put together yours.
The method turns an endless to-do list into a series of closed days.
How the method evolves
CALM is not a one-off publication but a living method with a versioned canon. The first version appeared on 22 July 2026; the canon in force is v1.3.6 of 1 August 2026. Every change is dated and recorded in the version history.
The method is open in full: the complete canon is published under the CC BY 4.0 license — it can be freely used, translated and adapted with attribution. The self-test runs daily: a rule that does not survive a real day gets rewritten instead of staying in the text for the sake of elegance.
- The CALM method — the method in full, chapter by chapter
- Canon — the complete primary source, version v1.3.6 (in Russian)
- Version history — what changed in the method, and when
- License and how to cite — the terms for using the method
Jimmy — the method as an assistant
Jimmy did not start as a startup idea but as a working tool I built for myself first and opened to others only afterwards. The assistant lives in Telegram, works on top of Todoist, and every morning assembles the Day Focus by the same algorithm the canon describes. It is in early access — free for the first 50 users by invite code.
For teams I put the same system in place turnkey: one set of marking rules, one task language, and a picture for the manager without reports — Jimmy for Teams.
Write to the author directly — questions about the method, a rollout for your team, or early access.