by John Macdonald | Mar 11, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
Malcolm Gladwell describes the tipping point as the moment when an idea, behavior, or trend crosses a threshold and suddenly spreads rapidly like an epidemic. He’s written two outstanding books on the topic. I highly recommend both. The tipping point is determined by:... by John Macdonald | Mar 10, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
We use this phrase as a helpful warning. “You don’t need to care about that.” “Stay in your lane.” “I’ve already figured this out.” But really, it’s self-preservation. We feel threatened, or we want credit for something we’ve already done, or we want to raise our hand... by John Macdonald | Mar 9, 2026 | AI, Leadership, Technology, The250
I’ve “written” 100k lines of code in the last 6 weeks. Is some of it crap? Yes. Is it bloated? Yes. Is there tech debt that needs to be cleaned up and refactored? Yes. Is some of this code doing stuff I don’t understand fully? Yes. Will there be difficult bugs to find... by John Macdonald | Mar 8, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
Right now, we generally fall into three camps: a) “we’re doomed,” b) “it’s gonna be awesome,” and c) “we’re not sure yet, but hope it’s gonna be alright.” At some point in the future, maybe 2 years or maybe 10 or more years, we’ll know the impact that AI has had on... by John Macdonald | Mar 7, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
Scaffolding helps us fix the places we can’t get to on our own. When you see scaffolding, you know a few things: They’re serious about fixing it Fixing it requires a stable support system It’s temporary, but may take a while The end result is restoration to previous... by John Macdonald | Mar 3, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
Some think the way to success is to make others go through the tollbooth. My idea. My IP. My job. My knowledge. My resources. The tollbooth approach. If you want what I have, you gotta pay the toll. And I set the toll. Resource tollboothing can work in specific...