The usual case for t-shaped skills is made in terms of optionality: the more domains you know something about, the more flexible you are, the more roles are available to you. This is true but not the …
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Rebuilding Your T
When a technical leader decides they need to "build broader skills," the usual move is predictable. They sign up for a course. They read a book on the adjacent discipline. They add a few keywords to …
Why AI Is Killing the Pure Specialist
The specialist’s case for job security used to rest on a simple argument: I know things most people don’t. The labour economist would call this human capital. The career coach would call …
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The T-Shaped Professional in the Age of AI
Here is the advice most people are getting right now: take courses, get certified in AI tools, learn to prompt, add “AI experience” to your CV. None of this is wrong, but it may address …
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You Can’t Build a Centaur
In 1911, Frederick Winslow Taylor published The Principles of Scientific Management. His argument: break any task, however complex, into its constituent movements, optimise each one, and assemble the …
We’re Hiring Product Managers for the Last Decade
The product manager skills we use to hire were built for a version of the job that no longer exists. Not outdated in the way that job descriptions lag reality by a year or two. Structurally wrong: …
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