Consultancy-to-Product

I worked for and with many companies and organisations.They are all successful and they are all struggling. Each successful in its own way. And each struggling in its own way. Although, that is how they like to think about themselves: we are unique. Well, yes, you are unique, just like everybody else. And just like everybody else, you are not as unique as you think you are. I started to notice patterns, especially in the struggling. This essay is about those patterns. ...

Bootstrapping This Hollow Earth. I want to know if the AI hype is real. To find out, I decided to start using AI in my day to day workflow. The idea is as follows: I am consulting about technology, product development, organisations and environmental supply chain risk. Great, but there are many people doing that and claiming to be good. How do you know if I’m for real or full of shit? By show, don’t tell. I build products and show how I do it. To build (design, engineer, ship, market, sell) the products, I will use AI. Using AI to build products allows me to learn and evaluate. I write about my adventures and publish them to exploit the teachers paradox. So, to get us started, we need 2 things: ...

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