The Random Board

Same model, unequal minds. Expertise was never more memory or faster calculation — it is a better representation, and AI raises the return on already having one.

2026-09-04 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 7 min read

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.

2026-08-30 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 8 min read

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.

2026-08-26 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 7 min read

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.

2026-08-09 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 8 min read

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.

2026-08-09 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 7 min read

The Moat Doesn't Move. It Gets Taken.

Everyone's predicting the wrong consolidation. The axis isn't horizontal... and the winner isn't a software company.

2026-06-16 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 12 min read

Capacity Is Not Judgment

AI accelerated my output. It didn't accelerate my judgment. And the gap between the two is where the next few years will be won or lost.

2026-04-24 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 4 min read

Your Calendar Is Not Your Own

How AI-powered sales automation turned your schedule into an attack surface, and what to do about it.

2026-03-10 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 5 min read

The Next Phase of AI and SaaS: From Tools to Living Systems

Why the next SaaS disruption isn’t smarter content, but adaptive software itself

2026-02-13 · David H. Friedel Jr. · 4 min read