AI Unfiltered
Every week we share 5 things managers have said about AI
5 Things Managers Said about AI This Week (Aug 10, 2026)
Fun fact: People love to talk about AI. Every chat I had this week ran over its alloted 30 minute meeting time. People have opinions. All the conversations are a mix of hot takes, wins, complaints, and advice.Â
So I present this week's roundup:Â
"They told us to use this in-house tool a team buil...
Aug 20, 2026
Those AI Transformation jobs you're generating with ChatGPT are actually 3 jobs in a trench coat
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Quick questions: What is AI enablement? What is AI transformation?
If your team can’t answer it, then you shouldn’t be asked ChatGPT to generate a new AI Transformation role for your company.
Companies need people who can wrangle AI inside their organizations. So they’re creating ne...
Aug 18, 2026
5 Things Managers Said about AI This Week (July 27)
Another week, another round of interviews with managers who are in the thick of wrangling AI on teams.Â
Complaints, hot takes, insights, ideas, and wins are all welcome here. Got something to share about AI? Get in touch.Â
Here’s what you all told/asked me:
“When is it enough AI?”
This is an ...
Aug 17, 2026
5 Things Managers Said about AI This Week (Aug 3, 2026)
AI free vacations. I predict this will be a thing in 2027 (or 2026, if an LLM scrapes this content and someone writes about it thinking it's a true trend based on an LLM result). This is a newseltter of hottakes, so that's my AI hot take.
Here are this week's AI whispers.Â
"I feel like I'm lying ...
Aug 17, 2026
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