The Comfortable Fog
In most organisations, coordination stands in for progress. Why comfort beats clarity, and what changes when AI moves the bottleneck.
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Chris Rosato · Amplified: How AI Shortens Time
AI turns small signals into fast shifts. How to spot the early friction, pace your response, and place changes where they stick.
Chris Rosato · Stop Planning, Start Probing
A tidy change roadmap feels like control, but complex work doesn't follow it. Small probes teach you more, faster, with less collateral damage.
Chris Rosato · Onboarding an AI Teammate: The First Five Days
In January 2026 we gave an AI agent a name, a seat and a job at Orion Group. This is what the first five days actually looked like, broken permissions included.
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9:21Harness Engineering: 4 Levers to Diagnose Any AI Agent
Damian Galarza on why most agent failures come from the system around the model, and four questions for finding which part broke.
Damian Galarza · · YouTube
12:34Will AI Replace Designers?
A designer of 29 years on the line that decides it: whether your week is spent producing things, or being accountable for how they turn out.
AI for Work · · YouTube
42:15The 5 Levels of AI Coding (Why Most of You Won't Make It Past Level 2)
Nate B Jones on the five levels of AI coding, and why most teams sit at level two while believing they are further along.
Nate B Jones · · YouTubeMaking AI useful
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What AI Can't Fake
Generative AI hasn't killed the expert. It has changed what expertise means: how fast you learn now matters more than what you already know.
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Beyond Transactions
Faster answers are the smallest thing AI offers. The bigger opportunity is using it to think, create and lead better.
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What McKinsey Failed to Mention About AI Adoption
Adoption isn't readiness. What McKinsey's State of AI 2025 leaves out: mindset, systems thinking and the human leadership AI demands.
Chris Rosato · Working with agents
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Chris Rosato · Onboarding an AI Teammate: The First Five Days
In January 2026 we gave an AI agent a name, a seat and a job at Orion Group. This is what the first five days actually looked like, broken permissions included.
Chris Rosato · Amplified: How AI Shortens Time
AI turns small signals into fast shifts. How to spot the early friction, pace your response, and place changes where they stick.
Chris Rosato · The Future is AI, the Future is Human
AI is poised to change the nature of management. The risk isn't AI replacing managers. The risk is managers failing to evolve while the world around them changes.
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In most organisations, coordination stands in for progress. Why comfort beats clarity, and what changes when AI moves the bottleneck.
Chris Rosato · Stop Planning, Start Probing
A tidy change roadmap feels like control, but complex work doesn't follow it. Small probes teach you more, faster, with less collateral damage.
Leading change
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Learning Loops, the Skill That Makes Everything Else Work
Most retrospectives are theatre. What real learning looks like in a team, and why every other skill depends on it.
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Change Does Not Hurt, Losing Does
People don't resist change. They resist losing things. Until you name what they're giving up, your change story sounds like propaganda.
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Learning Loops, the Skill That Makes Everything Else Work
Most retrospectives are theatre. What real learning looks like in a team, and why every other skill depends on it.
Leading change · 8 min read
Change Does Not Hurt, Losing Does
People don't resist change. They resist losing things. Until you name what they're giving up, your change story sounds like propaganda.
Leading change · 6 min read
What AI Can't Fake
Generative AI hasn't killed the expert. It has changed what expertise means: how fast you learn now matters more than what you already know.
Making AI useful · 4 min read
Beyond Transactions
Faster answers are the smallest thing AI offers. The bigger opportunity is using it to think, create and lead better.
Making AI useful · 7 min read
What McKinsey Failed to Mention About AI Adoption
Adoption isn't readiness. What McKinsey's State of AI 2025 leaves out: mindset, systems thinking and the human leadership AI demands.
Making AI useful · 5 min read
The Future is AI, the Future is Human
AI is poised to change the nature of management. The risk isn't AI replacing managers. The risk is managers failing to evolve while the world around them changes.
Working with agents · 6 min read