Top AI Models for Simple Diagram Creation
What is the best AI model these days for drawing diagrams (of low to moderate complexity)?
Stop Seeking Impressiveness; It Hinders True Mastery
wise words. for highly talented people: wanting to look (and feel) impressive is in practice one of the biggest blockers to mastery of their craft.
AI‑in‑the‑loop Coaching Sharpens Critical Thinking on AI Advice
There's a coaching method I’ve recently been using with founders & senior leaders that I think gets at the most important AI-age skill in real time. I call it AI-in-the-loop coaching, here’s how it works: - we discuss a problem...
AI Beats Average Creators, Yet Lags Behind Elite Experts
An important nuance, not just restricted to design, is that the output of new AI tools will outperform the output of the *median* designer/PM/engineer today—so these tools will get popular—but a top designer/PM/engineer has a certain embedded context that AI...
Business Acumen: The Essential Skill for All Tech Roles
“The skill that matters now across all three roles—PM, designer, engineer—is business acumen: understanding the company’s equation and knowing what to build next.” ✅✅✅
Overreliance on AI Undermines Critical Thinking in Product Work
This is the biggest practical problem with overuse of AI in product work right now. Highly competent founders and executives are seeing this happen on a ~daily basis, with team members who used AI to draft a proposal (fine) but...
Outcome Ownership Becomes Critical as AI Shrinks Teams
Like many things, owning outcomes & shipping as a super IC has always mattered. I’ve personally seen it over multiple decades from Yahoo to Google to Twitter to Stripe and with people I’ve coached at other companies. It will matter even...