I Think I Know Where Your High Performers Are

Your heaviest AI users are probably your best people. That’s the easy part. The harder question, the one that actually matters, is who still is not really using it. Go find out. It’s going to be an awkward conversation.

A VP of Engineering called me in January. Smart person. Running about sixty engineers across four squads. Had rolled out AI coding tools six months earlier. Adoption numbers were good. Mostly.