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The Beautiful Mess

John Cutler
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The beautiful mess of cross-functional product development

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TBM 431: The Denominator That Matters

Here’s a simple model for thinking about AI success in organizations.

The Variables

Machine (Technology) Understanding

How AI actually works. The inputs and outputs. The failure modes. You don’t need an expert-level sense of the m...

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TBM 430: Incubate, Compound, Refinance, Liquidate

tl;dr:

AI does not eliminate complexity, coupling, coordination, uncertainty, or decay. But it can change the cost, speed, and feasibility of responding to them.

or:

AI does not work in the same way across different portfolio puzzles.

*...

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TBM 429: How To Thrive At Work When You Think Too Much

This post is important. It is the introduction for a book that’ll I’ll probably never publish. Why? I already have! I’ve written it across countless TBM posts (multiple books worth), but have had trouble getting to the crux of it. Over the...

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TBM 428: Yes, Robot. Yes, Boss?

AI can be your scribe, your thought partner, data-stitcher, or your counselor.

And AI can be your consigliere, your spin doctor, or your propagandist.

Team superpowers.

Or Orwellian Ministry of Truth.

If a behavior is blocked by poor si...

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TBM 427: The Bottleneck Strike Again!

My goodness. If I see another slide with a 2005-era SDLC diagram sprinkled with little AI logos and a bunch of words suggesting “the bottleneck has moved” or that this has all been figured out, when in reality every week there’s something n...

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