F*** your ‘planning’
Break free from over-planning and embrace uncertainty to unlock your potential. Discover why flexibility fuels success in an unpredictable world.
The issue isn’t plan—plans are fine, in and of themselves. The issue is people who can’t do anything without plans, whose knee-jerk, default response to any unknown is to compulsively “figure out a plan”…to get ‘certainty.’ News flash: there is no certainty….
Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://medium.com/@krisgage/fuck-your-planning-2bff06019a5
Why customer tools are organized wrong
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Infrastructure shapes thought
The tools you build determine what kinds of thinking become possible. On infrastructure, friction, and building deliberately for thought rather than just throughput.
Server-side dashboard architecture: Why moving data fetching off the browser changes everything
How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.
The work of being available now
A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.
The practice of work in progress
Practical essays on how work actually gets done.
Manual fluency is the prerequisite for agent supervision
You cannot responsibly automate what you cannot do manually. AI agents speed up work for people who already know how to do it. They do not replace the need to learn the work in the first place.
The gun you didn't need
Every organization has loaded weapons lying around that nobody remembers loading. The most dangerous capability in any system is the one you built 'just in case.'
Nobody promotes you to operator
There's a moment in every project where the work stops being about building and starts being about keeping things running. Nobody announces this transition. Nobody gives you new tools for it. And most people keep building long past the point where they should have stopped.
Article analysis: 3 AI competencies you need now for the future
Master essential AI competencies to thrive in an evolving landscape and ensure your career remains irreplaceable in the age of artificial intelligence.
Article analysis: The rise of the micro-credentials movement: Validating skills beyond traditional degrees
Explore how micro-credentials bridge skill gaps, enhance hiring, and offer affordable, flexible learning options for today's workforce demands.
Article analysis: The future of corporate learning and employee engagement: Why traditional training is dead
Explore how AI and immersive technologies are reshaping corporate learning, making traditional training methods obsolete and enhancing employee engagement.