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
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.
The Year Management Gets Audited
The next cuts won’t be about roles. They’ll be about structure.