For more than twenty-five years, I have watched technology cycles oscillate between the "magic" phase and the "utility" phase. From my early days at Nokia during the first mobile explosion to leading …
The Agentic Shield: Defending Product Value Against the Rot Economy
For more than twenty-five years, I have watched technology cycles oscillate between the "magic" phase and the "utility" phase. I remember the early days at Nokia when we treated the mobile phone as a …
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The Enshittification of Everything: How Product Leaders Can Resist the Rot Economy
The tech industry's obsession with "velocity" has hit a wall, and it’s not the one we expected. While we’ve been busy debating whether AI agents will replace our developers or merely augment them, a …
Frictionless Velocity: Why Removing Developer Friction Beats Hype-driven AI for Faster Software
AI-generated code is seductive: instant outputs, flashy demos, breathless headlines. Yet if your teams are still wrestling with flaky builds, slow tests, unclear ownership and clumsy tooling, those AI …
When AI Is Everywhere: Why Leaders Must Choose Judgement Over Control
What if the biggest disruption on the horizon isn’t a new model or breakthrough, but the way people react to intelligence that’s everywhere? That’s the provocative thesis in Barry O’Reilly’s Six …
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Beyond the Chatbox: How Product Leaders Should Treat Claude Code’s Building Blocks as Product Primitives
Claude Code isn’t just another interface to AI. It exposes composable primitives — slash commands, agents, skills, plugins and hooks — that let product teams stitch intelligence into real workflows. …