Writing

# Field notes and frameworks

AI-first GTM, category design, positioning, and durable growth systems.

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    ![The Lock-In Is Moving thumbnail](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fwriting%2Fthe-lock-in-is-moving%2Ffeature-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
    
    ## The Lock-In Is Moving
    
    2026-05-11 · 5 min read
    
    In decentralized AI, more model and compute choice does not create control if context stays trapped inside product surfaces.
    
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    ![When Your Differentiation Becomes a Release Note thumbnail](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fwriting%2Fwhen-your-differentiation-becomes-a-release-note%2Ffeature-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
    
    ## When Your Differentiation Becomes a Release Note
    
    2026-02-23 · 11 min read
    
    An anonymized field note on how agentic AI and platform velocity turn moats into release notes in weeks.
    
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    ![You Don’t Need Better Prompts. You Need a Knowledge Graph. thumbnail](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fwriting%2Fyou-dont-need-better-prompts-you-need-a-knowledge-graph%2Ffeature-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
    
    ## You Don’t Need Better Prompts. You Need a Knowledge Graph.
    
    2026-03-09 · 23 min read
    
    A practical guide to why prompting is a tactic, context is infrastructure, and a knowledge graph is how you stop GTM drift.
    
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    ![Agentic Traffic and AEO: Where Websites Fit in 2026 thumbnail](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fwriting%2Fagentic-traffic-aeo-2026%2Ffeature-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
    
    ## Agentic Traffic and AEO: Where Websites Fit in 2026
    
    2026-02-16 · 6 min read
    
    A 2026 update to Highways and Side Streets, plus the operating system for AI-readable websites.
    
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    ![How to Tell Your Differentiation Is About to Become a Release Note thumbnail](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fwriting%2Fhow-to-tell-your-differentiation-is-about-to-become-a-release-note%2Ffeature-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
    
    ## How to Tell Your Differentiation Is About to Become a Release Note
    
    2026-02-25 · 7 min read
    
    A short diagnostic for spotting when your wedge is about to get bundled into “already part of the platform.”
    
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    ![How to Recalibrate Fast (Before the Market Recalibrates You) thumbnail](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fwriting%2Fhow-to-recalibrate-fast-before-the-market-recalibrates-you%2Ffeature-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
    
    ## How to Recalibrate Fast (Before the Market Recalibrates You)
    
    2026-02-26 · 7 min read
    
    A 7–14 day sprint to stop selling what’s getting bundled and start selling what can’t.
    
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    ![How Small Teams Win Against Giants thumbnail](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fwriting%2Fhow-small-teams-win-against-giants%2Ffeature-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
    
    ## How Small Teams Win Against Giants
    
    2026-02-27 · 7 min read
    
    A posture and playbook for small teams competing near platforms with weekly release cadences.
    
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    ## AI Killed Servant Leadership
    
    2025-05-15 · 5 min read
    
    From zero‑interest "peacetime" growth to AI‑accelerated "wartime" precision: how Active Leadership and AI‑first operating systems unlock profitable growth.
    
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    ![Opportunity Lives in the Lag thumbnail](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fwriting%2Fopportunity-lives-in-the-lag%2Ffeature-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
    
    ## Opportunity Lives in the Lag
    
    2026-01-12 · 4 min read
    
    A two-week operating cadence for turning ambiguity into decisions, bets, and proof.
    
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    ## Highways and Side Streets
    
    2024-05-24 · 4 min read
    
    B2B Marketing Sites in the Age of Generative AI
    
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    ![The Five-Stage Operating System for Career Development (With AI) thumbnail](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fwriting%2Ffive-stage-operating-system-for-career-development-with-ai%2Ffeature-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
    
    ## The Five-Stage Operating System for Career Development (With AI)
    
    2025-10-13 · 6 min read
    
    A Comprehensive Guide to Creating an Individual Growth Plan Using ChatGPT
    
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    ## When Execution Gets Cheap, Judgment Wins
    
    2025-11-13 · 5 min read
    
    How I build clarity, grow leaders, and sustain pace as the load rises
    
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    ## Strategic Composition for Digital Teams: An Economic Approach
    
    2023-11-08 · 16 min read
    
    The Economics of Agile Team Structure
    
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    ![Stay Above the Curve thumbnail](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fwriting%2Fstay-above-the-curve%2Ffeature-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
    
    ## Stay Above the Curve
    
    2023-03-30 · 7 min read
    
    A compounding loop for staying above the growth curve as execution gets cheaper.
    
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