David Pereira's take on the fake PM problem landed in my inbox last week, and one line has stayed with me: "If you removed the roadmap and the Jira board, would you still know what to do?" I've been …
The Hardware Illusion: Why AI Agents, Not Gadgets, Are the Real Paradigm Shift
In 2009, Palm unveiled webOS — software so good that Steve Jobs allegedly panicked. Multi-tasking, card-based navigation, developer-friendly APIs, seamless notifications. By most accounts it was …
The Malthusian Effect of AI
Malthus was wrong. He predicted that population growth would outpace food production, leading to inevitable societal collapse. Technology proved him spectacularly wrong — agricultural productivity …
The Age of the Renaissance Professional
For all of my career, depth has been the signal. The person who had gone deepest in their domain — who had spent years becoming genuinely expert — was the most valuable person in the room. Promotions, …
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Codify Before You Automate: Why AI Projects Fail Before They Start
The pressure to deploy AI is real. Boards want to see it. Investors ask about it. Competitors appear to be doing it. So teams rush to find processes to automate, run a proof of concept, declare …
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The Brittleness Paradox: Why AI Governance Is Now a Product Problem
For more than twenty-five years, I have watched technology cycles move from the "magic" phase to the "utility" phase. I remember the early days at Nokia when we thought the mobile phone was just a …
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