When people tell me it can’t be done, I don’t ask why not. I ask: Have you tried?
Tag Archives: Creativity
Creativity? It’s On You
Let’s be precise about something: AI is exceptional at creative production. It can generate images, videos, copy, concepts, scripts, logos, prototypes, and endless variations, faster than any human, at any scale.
How Innovators Stay Ahead of What They Don’t Know
The future doesn’t ambush people. It announces itself, loudly, repeatedly, through signals most leaders are too busy to catch. If it caught you off guard, that’s not bad luck. That’s a failure of attention.
In The AI Era, The Best People Are The Ones Who Can’t Wait To Replace Themselves
Noah Kagan, CEO of AppSumo, just sent a memo to his entire company. He didn’t sugarcoat it. AppSumo had a brutal year, lost teammates, lost revenue, and lost some of the joy. He owned it. Then he said something most CEOs write around in seventeen layers of corporate softener:
The CEO’s Real Job in the AI Era
Most CEOs are playing AI like a defense game. Automate the reports. Trim the headcount. Speed up the support queue. Squeeze a few more points of margin out of the existing business. Check the AI box. Move on.
When Anyone Can Ship an App, the Product Is No Longer the Moat
AI tools like Lovable, Bolt, Vercel, and Replit have done something remarkable: they’ve made software creation nearly frictionless. A founder with an idea and no engineering background can have a working app in twenty minutes. A competitor can replicate your core feature set by Friday afternoon.
The Customer Should Always Have A Seat At The Table
I was in a meeting when I realized what was happening. The team was excited. Animated, even. Talking over each other about tools, models, infrastructure, and new capabilities. Someone kept using the word “cool.”