Has AI ended off the record in the meeting room?
August 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Has AI ended off the record in the meeting room?
Many engineers, especially women, avoid AI tools.
Using AI can make them seem less competent—even when their work quality is the same.
This “competence penalty” slows adoption and deepens workplace inequality.
Using AI can make them seem less competent—even when their work quality is the same.
This “competence penalty” slows adoption and deepens workplace inequality.
August 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Many engineers, especially women, avoid AI tools.
Using AI can make them seem less competent—even when their work quality is the same.
This “competence penalty” slows adoption and deepens workplace inequality.
Using AI can make them seem less competent—even when their work quality is the same.
This “competence penalty” slows adoption and deepens workplace inequality.
Repeat a task.
Try a new way.
Win or fail.
We learn only when we stop to think.
So pause. Sit in quiet. Think.
Steps
1 Pause right after each task.
2 Ask: what went well, what was hard.
3 Note one win and one thing to fix.
4 Plan one small next move.
5 Act and try again.
Try a new way.
Win or fail.
We learn only when we stop to think.
So pause. Sit in quiet. Think.
Steps
1 Pause right after each task.
2 Ask: what went well, what was hard.
3 Note one win and one thing to fix.
4 Plan one small next move.
5 Act and try again.
August 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Repeat a task.
Try a new way.
Win or fail.
We learn only when we stop to think.
So pause. Sit in quiet. Think.
Steps
1 Pause right after each task.
2 Ask: what went well, what was hard.
3 Note one win and one thing to fix.
4 Plan one small next move.
5 Act and try again.
Try a new way.
Win or fail.
We learn only when we stop to think.
So pause. Sit in quiet. Think.
Steps
1 Pause right after each task.
2 Ask: what went well, what was hard.
3 Note one win and one thing to fix.
4 Plan one small next move.
5 Act and try again.
5 “hacks” for better focus:
Pause before the rush
Write down what you want
Look at it often
Don’t trust your memory
Notice when you drift
Turns out, the only real focus hacks
aren’t really hacks at all.
Pause before the rush
Write down what you want
Look at it often
Don’t trust your memory
Notice when you drift
Turns out, the only real focus hacks
aren’t really hacks at all.
June 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
5 “hacks” for better focus:
Pause before the rush
Write down what you want
Look at it often
Don’t trust your memory
Notice when you drift
Turns out, the only real focus hacks
aren’t really hacks at all.
Pause before the rush
Write down what you want
Look at it often
Don’t trust your memory
Notice when you drift
Turns out, the only real focus hacks
aren’t really hacks at all.
Some changes feel big.
Others just creep in.
Either way, it helps to pause and ask:
What am I actually looking for?
Write it down.
Keep it close.
It’s easy to drift.
Others just creep in.
Either way, it helps to pause and ask:
What am I actually looking for?
Write it down.
Keep it close.
It’s easy to drift.
June 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Some changes feel big.
Others just creep in.
Either way, it helps to pause and ask:
What am I actually looking for?
Write it down.
Keep it close.
It’s easy to drift.
Others just creep in.
Either way, it helps to pause and ask:
What am I actually looking for?
Write it down.
Keep it close.
It’s easy to drift.
A weekend with the past
I spent the weekend sailing a wooden boat on the North Sea.
Just wind, water, and wood.
There’s something grounding about steering with a tiller someone shaped decades ago.
It reminded me: progress matters—but so does pausing to feel where we came from.
I spent the weekend sailing a wooden boat on the North Sea.
Just wind, water, and wood.
There’s something grounding about steering with a tiller someone shaped decades ago.
It reminded me: progress matters—but so does pausing to feel where we came from.
May 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A weekend with the past
I spent the weekend sailing a wooden boat on the North Sea.
Just wind, water, and wood.
There’s something grounding about steering with a tiller someone shaped decades ago.
It reminded me: progress matters—but so does pausing to feel where we came from.
I spent the weekend sailing a wooden boat on the North Sea.
Just wind, water, and wood.
There’s something grounding about steering with a tiller someone shaped decades ago.
It reminded me: progress matters—but so does pausing to feel where we came from.
Einstein died on this day in 1955.
“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 on the solution.”
Still feels like the best digital strategy advice out there.
Slowing down isn’t a weakness—it’s how we avoid solving the wrong thing fast.
#Einstein
“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 on the solution.”
Still feels like the best digital strategy advice out there.
Slowing down isn’t a weakness—it’s how we avoid solving the wrong thing fast.
#Einstein
April 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Einstein died on this day in 1955.
“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 on the solution.”
Still feels like the best digital strategy advice out there.
Slowing down isn’t a weakness—it’s how we avoid solving the wrong thing fast.
#Einstein
“If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 on the solution.”
Still feels like the best digital strategy advice out there.
Slowing down isn’t a weakness—it’s how we avoid solving the wrong thing fast.
#Einstein
Great leaders empower teams to succeed independently, focusing on guidance rather than control.
April 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Great leaders empower teams to succeed independently, focusing on guidance rather than control.
⛵️ How I Explain What I Do to Kids in 30 Seconds
April 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
⛵️ How I Explain What I Do to Kids in 30 Seconds
“Does it make the boat go faster?”
March 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Does it make the boat go faster?”
"Few of us would object to be managed by algorithms if our digital bosses are configured to be more fair, less bias, less political understanding that our traditional human ones"
Jurgen Apello, Human Robot Agent
Jurgen Apello, Human Robot Agent
March 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"Few of us would object to be managed by algorithms if our digital bosses are configured to be more fair, less bias, less political understanding that our traditional human ones"
Jurgen Apello, Human Robot Agent
Jurgen Apello, Human Robot Agent
“Our trade is cooking. And that, to me, is such a profound profession because we get to really be part of people's lives in significant ways. Never forget that." The Bear
March 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“Our trade is cooking. And that, to me, is such a profound profession because we get to really be part of people's lives in significant ways. Never forget that." The Bear
“It’s clear that AI will significantly alter the intricately linked concept of work and time, but what’s not clear is how the extra time that AI provides will be used”
- Paul R. Daughery. Human+Machine
- Paul R. Daughery. Human+Machine
March 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“It’s clear that AI will significantly alter the intricately linked concept of work and time, but what’s not clear is how the extra time that AI provides will be used”
- Paul R. Daughery. Human+Machine
- Paul R. Daughery. Human+Machine
Weekend thoughts!
“If you steal from one artist, it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many. It’s research”
- Tony Bennet, American singer.
“If you steal from one artist, it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many. It’s research”
- Tony Bennet, American singer.
March 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Weekend thoughts!
“If you steal from one artist, it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many. It’s research”
- Tony Bennet, American singer.
“If you steal from one artist, it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many. It’s research”
- Tony Bennet, American singer.
“Well, explore what the age of AI means for individuals, teams, organizations, and executives navigating this new storm of change.”
Human Robot Agent, First Editions, March 2025, Jurgen Appelo
Amazing reading ahead
Human Robot Agent, First Editions, March 2025, Jurgen Appelo
Amazing reading ahead
March 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“Well, explore what the age of AI means for individuals, teams, organizations, and executives navigating this new storm of change.”
Human Robot Agent, First Editions, March 2025, Jurgen Appelo
Amazing reading ahead
Human Robot Agent, First Editions, March 2025, Jurgen Appelo
Amazing reading ahead
5 Takeaways from the Microsoft AI Tour, London
• AI starts at the top—leadership sets the pace.
• Mindset first, the rest follows.
• Optimization needs real resources.
• Focus on effectiveness, not long business cases.
• Skip Microsoft demos—teams may think it’s too easy.
• AI starts at the top—leadership sets the pace.
• Mindset first, the rest follows.
• Optimization needs real resources.
• Focus on effectiveness, not long business cases.
• Skip Microsoft demos—teams may think it’s too easy.
March 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
5 Takeaways from the Microsoft AI Tour, London
• AI starts at the top—leadership sets the pace.
• Mindset first, the rest follows.
• Optimization needs real resources.
• Focus on effectiveness, not long business cases.
• Skip Microsoft demos—teams may think it’s too easy.
• AI starts at the top—leadership sets the pace.
• Mindset first, the rest follows.
• Optimization needs real resources.
• Focus on effectiveness, not long business cases.
• Skip Microsoft demos—teams may think it’s too easy.
Why Should People Go First?!
"Heya, what do you think of Zoom's AI-generated meeting notes? Pretty cool, right?"
"No time to read them."
"Heya, what do you think of Zoom's AI-generated meeting notes? Pretty cool, right?"
"No time to read them."
February 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Why Should People Go First?!
"Heya, what do you think of Zoom's AI-generated meeting notes? Pretty cool, right?"
"No time to read them."
"Heya, what do you think of Zoom's AI-generated meeting notes? Pretty cool, right?"
"No time to read them."
📌 Weekend Thought
Don’t assume every problem is a nail just because you’re designing a hammer.
Maslow’s Law of the Instrument:
AI it’s not the answer to everything.
#AI #ProblemSolving
Don’t assume every problem is a nail just because you’re designing a hammer.
Maslow’s Law of the Instrument:
AI it’s not the answer to everything.
#AI #ProblemSolving
February 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
📌 Weekend Thought
Don’t assume every problem is a nail just because you’re designing a hammer.
Maslow’s Law of the Instrument:
AI it’s not the answer to everything.
#AI #ProblemSolving
Don’t assume every problem is a nail just because you’re designing a hammer.
Maslow’s Law of the Instrument:
AI it’s not the answer to everything.
#AI #ProblemSolving