by John Macdonald | Mar 18, 2026 | AI, Leadership, Technology, The250
Corporations have used productivity metrics for years. You probably know your boss’s metrics for measuring your productivity. When we know the metrics, we tend to optimize for those metrics. All of a sudden, we have token counts. Token counts indicate how much AI... by John Macdonald | Mar 17, 2026 | AI, Leadership, Technology, The250
A big part of company leadership has always been organization design. Who does what. What roles we need. Who has what responsibilities. For startups, those lines are grey because you don’t have enough people. For large corporations, those lines are deep and difficult... by John Macdonald | Mar 16, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, The250
I’m in deep on AI. Inside the bubble. Lost in the weeds. Too close to it. It’s hard for me to now see the world as those who aren’t. That’s the curse. A problem, but it can also be useful. Because once you’re aware, it’s a reminder that expertise isn’t just knowing... by John Macdonald | Mar 15, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, The250
This token starvation has put me on a path to understand the broader context of what this can mean. Not just for me or any given worker using AI agents to do stuff, but for industry as a whole. Yes, this happened to me, but its not a blip. I’m not the only one. I’ve... by John Macdonald | Mar 14, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
Tales from yesterday. I have 2 machines. One is personal, doing personal things. The other is doing company things. Agents drive my work on both. On the personal machine, I have 4 agents running simultaneously. On the company machine, I have 5 agents running... by John Macdonald | Mar 13, 2026 | AI, Technology, The250
A year ago, I saw a lot of entrepreneurs (or wannabes) hyping how they wouldn’t need a software team. They spouted that the marketing and product teams could simply vibe-code their way to full product development. As a heavy user of AI and a tire-kicker of vibe-coding...