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The thinking around the making. AI, work, trust, continuity, different clocks, and what happens when the demo meets real people.

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There Are No AI-Proof Jobs. There Are Only Different Clocks.

He got laid off, found a law that still needs a human, and called the job AI-proof. I keep thinking about the Tuesday after that.

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I write from the operator's seat: AI, work, trust, automation, reinvention, products, and what happens when the demo meets real people.

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Continuity and AI

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I don't want to be right. I want to become wiser.

After a career spent building systems, solving problems, and leading teams, I have become more interested in a different question: what does it mean to keep revising the person operating the system?

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There Are No AI-Proof Jobs. There Are Only Different Clocks.

Selected public writing.

The Model Isn't the Product. Continuity Is.

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Stop Using AI Like a Tool. Treat It Like a Creative Partner.

AI Doesn't Just Break. It Drifts.

I don't want to be right. I want to become wiser.