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Congratulations: You Just Reinvented Peter Gibbons from Office Space

December 23, 2025December 4, 2025 by Norman

A 2025 parody exploring how enterprise AI adoption recreated Office Space. Your measurement systems train top performers to do just enough. That is not their failure. It is yours.

Categories Director, Governance, Industry & Business, Leadership, Manager

If Your Vendor Doesn’t Ask These Three Questions Before the Demo, Politely Ask for a Field CTO Who Will

December 23, 2025November 26, 2025 by Norman

Before your next AI vendor demo, make sure they ask these 3 critical questions. If they don’t, you’re getting a performance, not a partnership.

Categories Best Practices, Business ROI, CxO, Director, Tools & Technologies

If You Want to Measure Macro Results, Answer These 3 Questions Before AI Touches Your SDLC

December 23, 2025November 26, 2025 by Norman

Measure AI impact at the macro level by answering three critical questions before implementation: what you’re solving, how you’ll measure it, and who owns results.

Categories AI Implementation, Business ROI, CxO, Director, Frameworks

What Got You Here Won’t Keep You Here: A Letter to VPs of Engineering

December 23, 2025November 22, 2025 by Norman

VPs of Engineering: your playbook is obsolete. Here’s how AI changes everything about how you lead, measure, and develop your organization.

Categories Director, Industry & Business, Leadership

What Got You Here Won’t Keep You Here: A Letter to Engineering Directors

December 23, 2025November 22, 2025 by Norman

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?

Categories Director, Industry & Business, Leadership

The Engineers Who Can’t Use AI Agents Don’t Have a Tools Problem

December 23, 2025November 22, 2025 by Norman

Your engineers struggling with AI agents don’t need better tools or training. They need permission to work differently and the organizational barriers removed that punish speed.

Categories Agent-Based Systems, AI Implementation, Director, Leadership, Manager

You Cannot Read Yourself Into AI-SDLC Literacy

December 23, 2025November 15, 2025 by Norman

Reading about AI won’t make you AI-literate. Only hands-on building will develop the intuition you need to lead. Start tonight.

Categories AI Implementation, Best Practices, CxO, Developer, Director, Leadership

Your Questions About AI in the SDLC Reveal Exactly Where You Are in the Adoption Curve—And How to Bridge the Gap Before You Waste a Year

December 23, 2025November 15, 2025 by Norman

Your questions about AI in the SDLC reveal your adoption maturity level. Diagnose where you are and learn how to accelerate your journey.

Categories AI Implementation, CxO, Director, Frameworks, Industry & Business

Gen AI in the SDLC Is Infrastructure Now—And Every One of Your Engineers Picked Their Own

December 23, 2025November 14, 2025 by Norman

Gen AI in the SDLC is now infrastructure, not innovation. But every engineer picked their own stack. Here’s why that’s a governance problem.

Categories AI & Machine Learning, CxO, Director, Governance, Industry & Business

Your Best Salesperson Didn’t Pick Salesforce. Your Best Engineer Shouldn’t Pick Their AI.

December 23, 2025November 4, 2025 by Norman

Your best engineer shouldn’t pick their AI tools any more than your best salesperson picked Salesforce. Make AI infrastructure, not individual choice.

Categories CxO, Director, Governance, Leadership, Tools & Technologies
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