The Org Chart Ships
Conway's Law was never about org charts. It was about the price of a conversation — and that price just changed.
You Might Just Need a Better Room
One of the more painful lessons adulthood teaches late — and the test that still works when the room is too smart to attack you directly.
What the Firm Becomes
Why the firm survives disintermediation, what specific function it retains, and why that function is the intersection of what builders cannot do alone and what companies were historically bad at.
The Interview Is the Build
Why recruiting has to be rebuilt around Adjacent Build Rights — and what that does to the résumé, the recruiter, and the direction of scarcity in the labour market.
The Contract After the Pipeline
Adjacent Build Rights, the 30/70 floor, and what firms will have to redesign to keep builders inside them.
Not Replacement. Rerouting.
Boards are still planning for a talent pipeline that AI is quietly draining — and Airtable is what that mistake looks like when it hits the tape.
Leverage, Not Literacy
The WEF skills chart doesn't rank what employers value. It ranks leverage — and the implicit forecast is fewer producers per orchestrator.
The Forced Purpose Trap
Burnout used to be a warning. Now it's a verdict.
The Outside Option
Attracting and retaining talent when the scarce input stops being execution and starts being judgment