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I’m curious what a metaphorical “Gemba Walk” will look like in the future. Coordination is like …#
I’m curious what a metaphorical “Gemba Walk” will look like in the future.
Coordination is like complexity: you can easily transform its shape, but it’s very difficult to reduce its volume.
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I’m nearly done listening to L. David Marquet’s Leadership Is Language and I can’t recommend it h…#
I’m nearly done listening to L. David Marquet’s Leadership Is Language and I can’t recommend it highly enough it for anyone moving into an EM role.
There are many similarities with Todd Conklin’s 5 Principles of Human Performance and the values that were expressed in the Agile Manifesto.
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What sets Leadership as Language apart is that he provides both the framing (eg: Collaborate, not Coerce) and specific, concrete linguistic expressions to manifest those outcomes. For instance, there are many studies that speak to the importance of psychological safety, but very few that provide specific guidance on exactly how to foster that outcome. This book is overflowing with specific linguistic recommendations. Rather than phrasing like X, phrase instead as Y. This actionable guidance is sadly missing in many leadership books.
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“Enterprise AI is entering a phase where infrastructure constraints matter as much as model cap…#
“Enterprise AI is entering a phase where infrastructure constraints matter as much as model capability. GPU availability, cost, and scheduling are no longer operational details—they’re shaping what kinds of AI systems can be deployed reliably at scale.”
https://www.oreilly.com/radar/gpus-enterprise-ais-new-architectural-control-point/
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I’d put money on this, although the token consumption rate will skyrocket. Orchestration and ob…#
I’d put money on this, although the token consumption rate will skyrocket. Orchestration and observability will be huge challenges. Reminds me of genetic programming but with natural language. Tokens are the DNA, the work tree is a lineage, and the acceptance tests are the fitness function.
“Second, multi-agent swarms, in which developers increasingly unleash so-called coding swarms to work in effect as virtual software teams. The latter approach, in turn, will create a management and orchestration problem to be solved, much as Kubernetes was developed to manage fleets of containers.”
https://buttondown.com/redmonk/archive/redmonk-january-2026-update/
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Good engineering is good ML engineering. “The gap between a working demo and a reliable produc…#
Good engineering is good ML engineering.
“The gap between a working demo and a reliable production system is where projects are dying. Why? Because it’s easy to have a great idea and spin up a working prototype with few technical or coding skills (don’t misunderstand me – this is a great step forward). But getting that exciting idea production-ready for use at scale by external customers is another discipline entirely.”
https://iain.so/security-for-production-ai-agents-in-2026