The Most Important Change in the AI Era Is Not a New Tool

Why the ability to rethink work matters more than collecting AI applications—and what leaders can do about it.

Oct 10 • Alex

September 2026

AI Changes the Operating Model

Most companies treat AI as a productivity tool: faster research, quicker drafts, automated summaries. That’s true—but it’s incomplete.

Sep 21 • Alex

June 2026

The Culture Series — Part 2: The Snake and the Silence

What happens when distrust stops being about process and starts being about people This is Part 2 of a two-part series on the hidden costs of…

Jun 10 • Alex

The Culture Series — Part 1: If It's Not in the Tracker, It Didn't Happen

How distrust became the most expensive tool in your tech stack — and what to do about it

Jun 10 • Alex

The skill AI cannot replace in product delivery — and why most teams are missing it

Everyone is talking about what AI can do. Fewer people are talking about what it cannot do — and where that gap is quietly destroying product teams.

Jun 10 • Alex

March 2026

AI Costs Matter — And How to Think About Them

The problem: AI costs aren’t magic

Mar 4 • Alex

My AI Stack: Git, Cursor, Rules, Skills, Commands

The problem: ad-hoc prompts don’t scale

Mar 4 • Alex

February 2026

From Idea to Delivery in Linear

Product strategy lives in docs. Roadmaps and backlogs live in Linear. In theory they align. In practice they drift. Someone updates the spec; no one…

Feb 26 • Alex

Why I Built RAG: The Money Question

When you want an AI to answer questions about your product docs—positioning, pricing, personas—you have two choices: stuff everything into the prompt…

Feb 26 • Alex

From Perplexity to Obsidian: a “copy → save” Markdown pipeline on every Apple device

If you use Perplexity in Safari and you want a friction-light system that turns what you learn into searchable Markdown inside Obsidian, you can do it…

Feb 16 • Alex

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November 2025

People First: The Principle That Changes Everything

I’ve met brilliant engineers who work for mediocre leaders and brilliant leaders who manage mediocre engineers. But the exceptional organizations? They…

Nov 8, 2025

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Empowered Product Teams: The Framework That Actually Works

Building truly empowered teams requires more than just saying ‘go be autonomous.’ Here’s the framework that actually creates empowerment.

Nov 8, 2025 • Alex

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