Specialization is for Insects
Why I’ve spent my career resisting rigid roles, crossing disciplinary boundaries, and encouraging teams to develop the range that makes them better collaborators.
Notes
Finding lessons about product, design, and leadership in what I’m reading, watching, and listening to.
Making the Switch
After years happily using a Pixel, I returned to the iPhone for my teenage daughters and blue bubbles, only to discover that Apple’s once-magical design now contains some questionable choices.
The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI
A sober look at the AI bubble, the incentives driving it, and who benefits or gets shafted. Plus some helpful thinking about what comes after the hype fades.
Blame vs. Responsibility
Watching HBO’s Chernobyl for the first time, I was struck by how a culture of blame made an already unimaginable disaster worse at every turn. Naturally, it got me thinking about product development.
The Pay-to-Play Childhood
A deep dive into the world of youth travel sports and how they have become a costly requirement as recreational programs decline. Five million children face early specialization, injuries, and intense pressure while families feel trapped in a profitable pay-to-play system.