You know that iconic scene, at the end of The Matrix when Neo suddenly “gets it” and picks bullets out of thin air as if they are cute and curious little things? Been thinking: what’s the equivalent of “seeing the matrix” for product leaders? . 10+ Realizations that come to mind:

a ton of good ideas here, and I like the UI for some of these iconic workflows existing alongside the cobot agents, vs. being replaced by them.

one mistake i’ve observed leaders make is keeping top performing talent exactly where they are, doing what they do best. fast learners grow fast only via bigger opportunities.

made the mistake of clicking on one UFO article, and now my For You tab makes it feel like an alien invasion. algorithmic media is optimized to push us to the edge of what we believe. it’s a battle of the sensational vs. whatever rationality we have left.

RT @A24: Everything must go

competitive advantage of some of the best teams is just sticking together long enough to figure it out….

I wonder if any ultimately successful venture investment opportunity ever included the words “investment opportunity” - don’t think so.

becoming increasingly clear: agents are coming for agencies of all kinds. as humans gain exponentially more agency themselves, the concept of “agencies” (which assumes need for back-office scaled infrastructure to enable creators/advisors to operate) will become antiquated.

RT @Alfred_Lin: What @Clay_gtm is building is the foundation for how modern companies will grow in the AI era, powered by GTM engineers who….

what struck me most about this book/movement is the diversity of audience that was deeply impacted by it - from folks like @BillAckman to new college grads. seems everyone is trying to figure out the more holistic meaning of "wealth." .a worthy multi-year project, @SahilBloom.

RT @DylanoA4: Okay so that Miles Davis quote "if you hit a wrong note, it's the next note you play that determines if it's good or bad" app….

“orchestration designers/engineers” will design and implement the prompts and workflow logic . “stewards” will declare and then verify and enforce the rules . …so many fascinating new types of jobs and roles will emerge in this new world.

a creator’s taste, judgment, and agency are becoming ever more important than their project’s budget.

urgency and art don’t mix well.

thinking a bit about culture. in a company, the basic units of culture are stories. stories told over team dinners, folklore about the founders, etc. in a society, the basic units of culture are also stories, shared in the form of films, shows, songs, books, fashion. creators.

we may wonder why we ever browsed the web alone. 🙌 @diabrowser @browsercompany.

thrilled for my friend @zoink and the whole @figma team today upon such a milestone. there are few products that have had such an impact on the lives of designers, our everyday experience of products, and the value for design. i had a, umm, unique opportunity to get to the know.

the specialist apps of the past are becoming the data repositories of the future. one contrarian view of old clunky enterprise software is that their interfaces (their major disadvantage) will no longer matter. new personalized AI layers and workflows will KEEP them relevant.

RT @fablesimulation: Introducing Showrunner: the Netflix of AI. From our South Park AI experiment to today we’ve believed AI movies/shows a….

perhaps talent density in a team is the “network effect” of the AI era? helps explain why Meta etc spend such a fortune on talent (like they did to buy network effect apps!), and how small / nimble teams like @browsercompany outperform massive AI leaders…super talented people.

“The creative adult is the child who survived." -Ursula Leguin.