“AI readiness” is dumb
Let go of the cloying but destructive drug of "getting ready for AI". You can....
Blog & essaysA collection of 18 posts
Commentary on the method and its nuances
AI "transformation" > 10 years
Infrastructure, context capture, and limits from emergent goals mean AI transformation'll take way longer than implied...
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[Rant] We need Ops for Ambiguity
People have ignored a whole swath of Ops. Let’s fix that This is the most conceptual post I expect...
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[Blog] Solve problems, not frictions
It's easy to start "solving" once we find user frictions. But users may not reward our efforts....
Creative Ops will win
Creative Operations (aka Sane Ops) will let you dramatically lower costs and win....
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[Blog] It's not quite time for one-person unicorns yet
We will create two-person unicorn companies on the way to one-person unicorns. "Company builders" will make it possible....