The article discusses the challenges and failures in enterprise AI adoption, emphasizing the importance of human factors over technical performance. It outlines five principles for successful AI implementation: prioritizing trust,...
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The author, Mark Greville, reflects on his dual identity as a corporate executive and a musician, feeling trapped in a role that doesn't align with his creative self. He shares an experience at an executive offsite where he used a...
The article provides a step-by-step guide on creating a digital AI twin using various tools, including ElevenLabs for voice cloning, VAPI for telephony integration, and OpenAI for conversation generation. It outlines the necessary...
The text provides a detailed account of the author's journey from working at Burger King to becoming a VP at a billion-dollar company, offering 24 steps for guaranteed success.
The book 'Leprechauns of Software Engineering' by Laurent Bossavit debunks established truths about software and exposes the lack of critical thinking in the industry. It discusses the flawed claims and methods used in software de...
The author discusses the concept of generative AI and how it is used to process information, emphasizing that it is not a substitute for thinking. He shares his personal experience with writing and how it has helped him improve hi...
The article discusses the potential dangers of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and its potential to align with human values. It explores the scientific method and the work of philosophers Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn to argue...
0Gladiator style interviewing
2024-01-29 •
The text discusses the flaws in the traditional post-interview debrief process and introduces a new 'Gladiator style' interviewing method, where interviewers must keep their feedback to themselves until a group debrief, and then u...
The author discusses the oversimplification of political beliefs into left and right, comparing it to sports fandom and arguing that it is a social construction. He emphasizes the importance of thinking critically and avoiding bli...
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0Book Summary – How to know everything by Elke Wiss
2022-06-22 •
The book 'How to Know Everything' by Elke Wiss is a summary of the art of asking questions and Socratic philosophy. It discusses the importance of asking good questions, the conditions for questioning, and how to improve questioni...
0Emerging from Hibernation on the 4th of April
2022-04-01 •
The author discusses the success of his blog post on HackerNews, the reasons for his absence from blogging, and the upcoming conference where he will present a paper co-authored with Paidi O’Reilly and Stephen McCarthy. He also me...
0Technical Debt Is Not Debt; It’s Not Even Technical
2021-07-23 •
The article discusses the concept of technical debt, its origins, and its impact on technology departments and businesses. It explores the evolution of the term and its widespread use in software development, as well as the challe...
0Buffet-Style Architecture
2021-05-27 •
The text discusses the importance of architecture in the digital age, emphasizing the need for accelerated change, decentralised decisions, and public self-governance. It highlights the impact of technological change on businesses...
The text discusses the concept of rational decision making and how it is based on three lies. It explains that rational decision makers define opportunities, list constraints, search for solutions, and choose the one that gives ma...