Top skills for efficient tech use

Discover the essential skills for efficient tech use, including creativity, prompt engineering, and strategic thinking to enhance your productivity.
“Users also ranked creativity as the number one skill necessary to use the technology efficiently, followed by prompt engineering, strategy and editing."—Essential Skills for Efficient Technology Use
Why customer tools are organized wrong
This article reveals a fundamental flaw in how customer support tools are designed—organizing by interaction type instead of by customer—and explains why this fragmentation wastes time and obscures the full picture you need to help users effectively.
Infrastructure shapes thought
The tools you build determine what kinds of thinking become possible. On infrastructure, friction, and building deliberately for thought rather than just throughput.
Server-side dashboard architecture: Why moving data fetching off the browser changes everything
How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.
The work of being available now
A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.
The practice of work in progress
Practical essays on how work actually gets done.
The inbox nobody reads is the one that matters
Every organization has a monitoring system that works perfectly and reports to nobody. The gap between having information and acting on it is where most failures actually live.
The best customers are the first ones you turn against
Every subscription makes a bet that most customers won't use what they're paying for. The customer who closes that gap becomes a problem to be managed.
Delegation without comprehension is just prayer
The organizations that survive won't be the ones that automated the most. They'll be the ones that figured out what to stop delegating.
Embracing the AI workforce
Discover how AI enhances the workplace by fostering collaboration and spontaneity, offering a fresh alternative to traditional office dynamics.
The future of remote work
Explore the evolving landscape of remote work, highlighting employee preferences and the balance between flexibility and social interaction.
The power of executive assistants
Unlock the potential of executive assistants to enhance school leadership effectiveness and drive impactful meetings forward.