AI Engineering Leadership
Practical guidance for leading engineering organizations through AI adoption, from executive decisions and management behavior to trust, incentives, and measurable delivery outcomes.
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What Got You Here Won’t Keep You Here: A Letter to Technology Executives
Executive Deck ↗Exec summary ↗Listen ↗Technology executives: the skills that got you here won’t keep you here. A frank letter about adapting your leadership for the AI-native era.
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What Got You Here Won’t Keep You Here: A Letter to VPs of Engineering
Executive Deck ↗Exec summary ↗Listen ↗VPs of Engineering: your playbook is obsolete. Here’s how AI changes everything about how you lead, measure, and develop your organization.
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What Got You Here Won’t Keep You Here: A Letter to Engineering Directors
Executive Deck ↗Exec summary ↗Listen ↗Engineering directors have 18 months to prove they can transform teams for AI. The market in 2028 will have directors with proven transformation track records. Will you be one of them?
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Exploring Developer Happiness in the AI-SDLC
Executive Deck ↗Exec summary ↗Listen ↗Exploring what developer happiness looks like when AI handles the tedious work. Research and insights on the emotional side of AI adoption.
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How to Negotiate Your new AI Leadership Comp
Executive Deck ↗Exec summary ↗Listen ↗Negotiating an AI leadership role? Here’s how to structure compensation that reflects your value in transforming engineering organizations.
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Leading AI in the Constraints
Executive Deck ↗Exec summary ↗Listen ↗Leading AI adoption within enterprise constraints requires political skill. Learn to build bridges, not burn them, while driving real change.
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As CxO, the 2 Things Your HR Needs to Do Different
Executive Deck ↗Exec summary ↗Listen ↗Your HR is declining AI-native candidates who ship in weeks what your teams ship in quarters. Two critical changes your HR needs to make before you lose the talent war.
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How to Win Without Disruption: The Senior Director’s Guide to AI That Actually Wins
Executive Deck ↗Exec summary ↗Listen ↗Senior Directors: Win the AI transformation without disrupting your political capital. A practical guide to delivering results while managing up.
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He Cannot Hire the Engineer He Needs. Here’s What He’s Doing About It.
Executive Deck ↗Exec summary ↗Listen ↗When you can’t hire the engineer you need, build one. How one leader is using AI to upskill existing team members and close capability gaps.
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