by John Macdonald | Feb 24, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
Only you can determine what time well spent means to you. However, if you’re a knowledge worker (of any age, title/role, or career path), I’d recommend spending some time determining how you will be at the forefront of using AI in your role and in your organization.... by John Macdonald | Feb 23, 2026 | AI, Human, Technology, The250
One of the surface-level benefits of asking AI is its ability to do it quickly. Here’s a couple from my recent history: “Fix this error…” “Write a bash script that recursively finds all of the log files in the given directory and sorts them by creation time into... by John Macdonald | Feb 22, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
Engineering discipline was built on specs. Requirements, architecture, design, verification, and interface specifications have historically driven the engineering team and product development. Not only do they tell the team what to build, but they’re also the... by John Macdonald | Feb 19, 2026 | AI, Leadership, The250
Middle management gets a bad rap in corporate America. Professional meeting organizers Professional delegators PowerPoint creators The people who stop me from doing what I want to do Buzzword ninjas However, quiality middle managers are good at: Goal decomposition... by John Macdonald | Feb 18, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, The250
Struggle first on your own. Then pull in AI. David Epstein wrote a great article about whether AI is rotting our brains, based on an MIT study. I wrote about it also. Spoiler Alert: It depends. Basically, start with yourself, rather than starting with AI. The best... by John Macdonald | Feb 17, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
When I first started The250, my writing and publishing were 100% manual. Here’s the original workflow for The250: I’d start with a topic (or a few) that I’d been thinking about. If necessary, do some research. Open Grammarly, start writing. Iterate in Grammarly until...