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TBM 437: AI and the Recontextualization Tax
Here’s an area where I am optimistic about AI (for now, at least).
So many companies flatten things to meet the needs of the person with 1) the most power, 2) the lowest appetite for detail/seeing real-world complexity, and/or 3) the least...
TBM 438: The Right But Early Club
Life update! New job! Big shift! More here if you are curious. And more to come…
I can’t get this out of my head.
I was doing book research recently, and I learned about a “secret” group inside a company called the Right But Early...
TBM 437: Transition Week (And Some Fun Links)
A transition week with back to school and some other (soon to be shared) exciting news. To tide folks over until next week…
I was active on Twitter for a long time. I likely met many of you during that time. I recently collected 50 threads...
TBM 437: Tokens, Hours, Points, and Other Curious Proxies
Everyone is talking about “return on tokens.” Vendors love it (as long as the news is good). Companies that had long since given up on any sort of value architecture or on understanding the ROI of product work are suddenly chomping at the b...
TBM 436: Tension-Based Prioritization (A Non-Framework)
I’ve come to believe that teams can prioritize much more effectively by focusing less on the specific things they’re prioritizing (which will naturally be important, and will naturally get attention) and more on the tensions they’re observi...
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