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TBM 425: AI and Agency
So you want your team to figure out how to use AI for the benefit of your company?
 • John Cutler
TBM 424: Why We Help (And How To Stay Helpful)
I have been thinking a lot about self-care, especially for people who find themselves pulled into helping people and making things better. The desire to…
 • John Cutler
AI Won’t Save the Kingdoms We Built
This post is about the people who built the fiefdoms now looking to AI to save them from the fiefdoms, and why that will only work if we are honest…
 • John Cutler
TBM 423: Why Defining Teams Is So Hard
Hint: It’s not some magic skill.
 • John Cutler
TBM 422: Exception, Presence, Delegation
It has driven me to some “back to basics” thinking. One model I’ve been playing with lately is the triad of Exception, Presence, and Delegation. The…
 • John Cutler
TBM 421: Minimally Viable Consistency (Part 3)
Sharp consistency, flexible consistency, and legible variety
 • John Cutler
TBM 420: The AI Playbook Puzzle
...and the journey of self-awareness we are all going through
 • John Cutler
TBM 419: Stop Being So Negative! Stop Being So Naive!
You ask a hard question in a meeting and someone hears negativity.
 • John Cutler
TBM 418: Campfires, Trails, and Quests
I guess I’m putting together an AI series of sorts.
 • John Cutler
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