The executives seem to be asking: what kind of output does this human produce? The elders seem to be asking: what kind of person does using this tool produce? timrequarth.substack.com/p/silicon-va...

(1/2) Product Leaders now have the opportunity to close gaps in measurement alongside creating new functionality. AI-assisted engineering has increased velocity. If you use all the extra velocity for even more functionality, without the means to verify downstream impact, ...

sensible but so GenX

“Outsourcing the struggle involved in learning to AI is a form of cognitive deprivation just dressed up as efficiency.” I heard this in a podcast and I think it is well put. Employers may not mind it but employees had better watch out.

Karpathy predicts about AGI, "Education will play out in the same way. You'll go to school like you go to the gym." But only 17% of the adult population exercises to the recommended extent. So the future will be full of couch potatoes and airheads?

Excellence ends when eminence eclipses evidence.

FINAL § @srny.bsky.social concludes his article in impact intelligence by addressing five common objections to this activity, including slowing down, lack of agility and collaboration, and the unpredictability of innovation. martinfowler.com/articles/imp...

NEW § @srny.bsky.social continues his article on impact intelligence by outlining five actions that can be done to improve impact intelligence including: demand management, impact validation, and an alternative to ROI. martinfowler.com/articles/imp...

NEW POST Sriram Narayan looks at how to properly assess the effectiveness of software development - by developing an intelligence about its business impact martinfowler.com/articles/imp...

CTOs have been saying that the demand for new functionality far exceeds delivery capacity and tech budgets. Thanks to AI, delivery expectations have only increased. What's a CTO to do? Here's part one of my three-part answer published by Martin Fowler. martinfowler.com/articles/imp...

The COO community is taking note of Impact Intelligence. Armstrong Wolfe invited me to write an article for their COO magazine. My article is on page 16. cdn.armstrongwolfe.com/wp-content/u...

TechLead Journal interviewed me about Impact Intelligence www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXau...

Padding a resume (inflating skills or achievements) is nothing new. We may think it is a LinkedIn phenomenon but it is at least two hundred years old. I discovered a German connection to the practice. Circa 1815, the Brothers Grimm wrote many famous short stories including Snow White.

Has #agile killed the business case? www.agileorgdesign.com/content/agil...

It’s no good just demanding “the facts,” in order to make judgements, since facts do not line up like soldiers ready to be deployed...

A summary of Cleararchy: digital-age appropriate hierarchy. www.cleararchy.com/exec-summary #selfmanagement

Laws are meaningless, and ultimately unenforceable, if those in power choose to ignore them. www.reuters.com/breakingview...

Measurement Debt www.agileorgdesign.com/business-ret...

www.agileorgdesign.com/content/agil... #agile

www.agileorgdesign.com/content/star... #structure #orgdesign

What floats your boat? A closer look at intrinsic motivation. www.agileorgdesign.com/content/what...

Learnt this today: Around 2000 years ago, during the time of the ancient Hindu texts like the Mahabharata, the sun’s entry into Capricorn (Makara) roughly coincided with the winter solstice.