Writing
I write about work, judgment, technology, and what it means to stay human as work changes.
Some of this becomes books. Some becomes essays. Some is thinking out loud.
Featured writing
The agent-shaped org chart
Every real org has the same topology: principal, role-holder, specialists. Staff AI maps onto it, node for node, and the cost collapse shows up in the deliverables that were always just human-handoff overhead.
AI as staff, not software
Two frames for what AI is doing to work. The tool frame makes tools smarter. The staff frame makes roles unnecessary. Those aren't the same product, the same company, or the same industry.
The chain was never a chain
On roles, fleets, and the Hegelian reversal waiting at the end of the AI transition. The sequel to Knowledge Work Was Never Work and Apps Are Irrelevant.
Books
The Work of Being (available now)
A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Human in the AI Era
The Practice of Work (in progress)
Practical essays on how work actually gets done.
Recent writing
The 2 a.m. press check
Twenty-five years ago I stood under color-true lamps at 2 a.m., loupe in hand, waiting on the 50th spread. This month an open-source compiler handed me the thing Pantone only ever promised.
How do I get my dev team to adopt AI?
A stub on helping mixed-interest development teams find their own useful ways into AI.
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I spent 20 years running consulting engagements at Fortune 500 companies. Turns out that's the best preparation for running a fleet of AI agents ... because the problems are identical.