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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
TBM 417: Before You Fire All Your Glue People Because of AI
I guess I’m putting together an AI series of sorts.
 • John Cutler
TBM 416: Investment Stewardship (As Habit)
I made this little skill if anyone is up for giving it a try.
 • John Cutler
TBM 415: Demand Mix, Discovery, and AI as a (Dys)function Multiplier
Orgs spend a lot of time talking about dependencies, intake, predictability, “discovery,” capacity, and so on. But far less time talking about the…
 • John Cutler
TBM 414: Legibility and Legitimacy
I guess I’m putting together an AI series of sorts.
 • John Cutler
TBM 413: In That Space Is Our Power
One thing I’ve noticed (and experienced firsthand) is that when change agents advocate for a better way of working, there’s a moment that feels…
 • John Cutler
TBM 412: Institutionalized Overload (Now With AI)
I guess I’m putting together an AI series of sorts.
 • John Cutler
TBM 411: Messy Docs As Helpful Pattern
In my day-to-day work (at Dotwork), I hear about all the real-world exceptions, “things that work,” “things that never work” (but we keep trying), and…
 • John Cutler
The Beautiful Mess
The Beautiful Mess
The beautiful mess of cross-functional product development

The Beautiful Mess

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