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The Role of the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) in Modern Product Development
Why This Matters to Me I have been in too many product discussions where accountability was fuzzy. Everyone agreed something mattered, but no one owned it. Work stalled, deadlines slipped, and frustration grew. I have also seen the opposite, projects where one person stepped up, claimed ownership, and pushed it… Read more ⇢
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Why DIY: A ChatGPT Wrapper Isn’t the Best Enterprise Strategy
TL;DR: The Buy vs Build Challenge Build (DIY Wrapper) Buy (Enterprise Solution) Cost Tens to hundreds of thousands in build plus ongoing maintenance (applifylab.com, softermii.com, medium.com) Predictable subscription model with updates and support Security Vulnerable to prompt injection, data leaks, and evolving threats (en.wikipedia.org, wired.com, wsj.com) Enterprise-grade safeguards built in such as encryption, RBAC,… Read more ⇢
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The AI Crossroads: Why Professional Services Must Rethink Their DNA to Compete
Ben Thompson’s Paradigm Shifts and the Winner’s Curse highlights a brutal truth: the very strengths that make incumbents dominant in one era often become the shackles that hold them back in the next. This is not just a lesson in tech history. It is a warning flare for today’s professional services leaders.… Read more ⇢
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Strategic Planning vs. Strategic Actions: The Ultimate Balancing Act
Let’s be blunt: If you are a technology leader with a brilliant strategy deck but nothing shipping, you are a fraud. If you are pumping out features without a clear strategy, you are gambling with other people’s money. The uncomfortable truth is that in tech leadership, vision without execution is… Read more ⇢
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One-Word Checkout: The Small Ritual That Cuts Through Complexity and Accelerates Product Development
Why Meetings Need a Cleaner Landing Even the best‑run product teams can let a meeting drift at the end. Action items blur, emotional undercurrents go unspoken, and complexity silently compounds. A concise closing ritual refocuses the group and signals psychological completion. What the One‑Word Checkout Is The one‑word checkout is… Read more ⇢
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Widen Your AI Surface Area and Watch the Returns Compound
Cate Hall’s surface-area thesis is simple: serendipity = doing × telling. The more experiments you run and the more publicly you share the lessons, the more good luck finds you. (usefulfictions.substack.com) Generative AI is the ultimate surface-area amplifier. Models get cheaper, new use cases emerge weekly, and early wins snowball once word spreads.… Read more ⇢
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Aligning Technology and Marketing for Success in the AI Era
In today’s hyper-competitive marketplace, the alignment between Technology and Marketing is more crucial than ever. Companies that fail to integrate these critical functions often miss significant opportunities to enhance customer engagement, optimize marketing effectiveness, and leverage technological innovation for competitive advantage. Despite recognizing the importance, many organizations still operate in… Read more ⇢
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The Actor Model vs. AI Agent Architectures – A Systems Thinking Perspective
As intelligent systems move from experimentation to production, architects are searching for the right architectural patterns to support this transition. Lately, I’ve noticed that this includes not only adopting cutting-edge AI agent frameworks but also a return to more traditional patterns-such as the Actor Model-that offer proven scalability and concurrency… Read more ⇢
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Beyond Busywork: Rethinking Productivity in Product Development
We have all seen the dashboards: velocity charts, commit counts, ticket throughput.They make for tidy reports. They look great in an executive update. But let’s be honest, do they actually tell us if our teams are building the right things, in the right way, at the right time? A recent… Read more ⇢
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