AI & automationA collection of 6 posts

Posts for tech-curious executives who need BS-free AI and automation to keep up in their own work as leaders

Blog & essays

Sep 03, 2026

7 min read

“AI readiness” is dumb

Let go of the cloying but destructive drug of "getting ready for AI". You can....

Blog & essays

Sep 01, 2026

2 min read

Infrastructure, context capture, and limits from emergent goals mean AI transformation'll take way longer than implied...

Tools

Feb 11, 2025

4 min read

I naively expected the "standard" $20/ mo. But agents can get quite a bit more expensive....

Method

Jan 29, 2025

6 min read

We will create two-person unicorn companies on the way to one-person unicorns. "Company builders" will make it possible....

Resources

May 31, 2024

3 min read

Everyone talks about "deploying AI." But as always, it's only 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration: Fractionals can make the 99% go better....

Method

Mar 21, 2024

11 min read

2017's research paper "Attention Is All You Need" ushered in the AI craze. Its "making of" story also has a lot to teach corporate innovators....