by John Macdonald | Jun 25, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
My friend has a saying, “Most adults are toddlers walking around in adult bodies.” Once you see that, you can use it to your advantage in a number of ways. The first is simply recognizing emotional responses for what they are — toddler temper tantrums. Yeah, they’re... by John Macdonald | Jun 24, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
I’m lucky with AI. AI thinks like me. AI, especially agentic AI, tries to solve all the problems with software. Its output is code. Its process is code. Everything it creates, it does so with code. Heck, these things even assume you know (or want you to know) git. I... by John Macdonald | Jun 23, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
“Oh, I don’t know about that.” At a picnic, this might be a great thing to say. In fact, it’s probably a great thing to say because then you can ask questions and have a conversation. But what about professionally? In your supposed area of expertise? The thing you do... by John Macdonald | Jun 22, 2026 | AI, Leadership, Technology, The250
GPT, Opus, or Gemini? Grok, DeepSeek, or Kimi? In some very real ways, it’s like Chevy or Ford. Maybe Mercedes or BMW. Possibly McLaren or Kia. They’ll all get you there if you know how to work them. Some maybe faster or more stylish than others. You might care. You... by John Macdonald | Jun 21, 2026 | Human, The250
English class taught us the right way and wrong way to write and speak. Outside of the staid halls, however, we all know that there is no right way or wrong way to write and speak. There is only how you write and speak. Your voice is one of the most you things that... by John Macdonald | Jun 20, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
One of the first things I learned when working on a construction crew as a teenager was, “clean up after yourself!” Don’t leave the tools, scrap material, and extra material lying around. It’s fine during the work process, but we cleanup and leave it tidy before we go...