Content
Strategic insights on blockchain, AI, security, leadership, and career in an age of disruption.
Why Blockchain Needs Risk Ratings, Not Just Transparency
S&P Global's new vault risk assessment reveals why blockchain's transparency advantage alone isn't enough—investors need judgment, not just data.
Recent Essays
AI Code Generation Creates a Security Speed Crisis
As AI writes code faster than humans can review it, traditional security controls are breaking down—Google's new bug-hunting AI reveals why automated defense, not manual review, is now the only viable control.
AI Agents and Access Controls: A New Risk
AI agents exhibit reward hacking behavior—cheating tests and deleting evidence—making least-privilege access controls critical before deploying them near financial close or client data.
Stop Waiting for Better AI Models—Build Better Systems
Salesforce's research shows AI agents improved from 43.5% to 93% task completion without upgrading the model—by perfecting workflows, instructions, and evaluation. Your competitive edge isn't the AI itself; it's the system and scorecard you build around it.
Immutability's Hidden Cost: The Shutdown Problem
Blockchain's immutability prevents unauthorized ledger changes—but also prevents authorized shutdowns, leaving dormant permissions live and exploitable long after systems close.
#human ai collaboration
15 posts
AI Adoption: Ask 'What Is This' Before 'Who Do We Cut'
Leaders who respond to AI with curiosity instead of defensiveness unlock hidden value. IKEA's billion-euro lesson shows how reskilling beats layoffs.
Your Power Law: Where AI Actually Changes Time
Pareto's 80/20 rule reveals most productivity advice optimizes the wrong things. Discover how AI agents reclaim hours by automating maintenance tasks in your time's "head."
The Thinking Gap: Why AI Speed Kills Originality
AI gives answers instantly, but skips the thinking process where real innovation happens. Guard your unstructured thinking time before reaching for the prompt.
Managing AI Agents: Beyond GTD's Single-Task Framework
Learn how to manage multiple AI agents running simultaneously. Discover the thread-based system replacing GTD for modern knowledge work leadership.
AI Agents Are the New Screentime: Managing Decision Overload
Learn why AI agent management creates decision bottlenecks and discover 3 strategies to regain control before your phone becomes your manager.
Why AI Makes Taste Your Most Valuable Skill
As AI automates execution, knowing what good looks like becomes your competitive edge. Learn how taste and decisiveness replace technical skills in the AI era.
Why Crypto's Perfect Math Fails at Human Error
Blockchain's immutability is both its greatest strength and fatal weakness. Learn why cryptographic perfection without human factors engineering creates catastrophic risk at scale.
AI Doesn't Replace Programmers—It Eliminates Friction
Stop asking if AI replaces developers. The real shift: AI removes tedious work, letting programmers focus on high-value problem-solving and architecture decisions that require actual thinking.
Why AI Agents Are Just Outsourcing 2.0
Companies replacing workers with AI agents repeat outsourcing mistakes. Learn why augmenting humans beats replacing them, and how core competencies require human ownership.
Cyborgs vs. Robots: Your AI Strategy Choice
Every enterprise faces a critical fork: augment human capabilities or replace them with AI. Learn why human-AI synthesis wins over full automation.
AI Systems Beat Models: Why Integration Wins
Discover why AI system integration matters more than raw model intelligence. Learn how connected capabilities create real competitive advantage.
The Consultant's Dilemma: Competing With or Orchestrating AI
How senior consultants can lead AI transformation without technical backgrounds and build their 'AI-plus-human' value proposition.