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What Kind of Year Has It Been?

Dec 15, 2025

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10 min read

What Kind of Year Has It Been?

The Path Forward (Part 2 of 2)

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
What Kind of Year Has It Been?

Dec 8, 2025

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9 min read

What Kind of Year Has It Been?

The Hidden Costs Nobody Warned Us About (Part 1 of 2)

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
The Barriers to AI Value Aren't Technical. They're Organizational—and They're Also Personal

Dec 1, 2025

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7 min read

The Barriers to AI Value Aren't Technical. They're Organizational—and They're Also Personal

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
Your AI Committee Thinks Its Job Is Governance. It's Not.

Nov 24, 2025

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13 min read

Your AI Committee Thinks Its Job Is Governance. It's Not.

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
Why 85% of Your Team Isn't Using the AI You Bought Them

Nov 17, 2025

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9 min read

Why 85% of Your Team Isn't Using the AI You Bought Them

(And Why More Training Won't Fix It)

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
The Acceleration Addiction

Nov 10, 2025

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12 min read

The Acceleration Addiction

Why Organizations Can't Stop Even When They Should

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
Strategic Capability: How to Actually Develop It When No One Will Teach You (Part 2 of 2)

Nov 3, 2025

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21 min read

Strategic Capability: How to Actually Develop It When No One Will Teach You (Part 2 of 2)

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
Speed vs. Strategy: The False Choice AI-Accelerated Product Teams Are Facing (Part 1 of 2)

Oct 27, 2025

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12 min read

Speed vs. Strategy: The False Choice AI-Accelerated Product Teams Are Facing (Part 1 of 2)

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
Building Cognitive Muscle in an AI World

Oct 20, 2025

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11 min read

Building Cognitive Muscle in an AI World

Why the teams winning with AI are deliberately choosing friction over efficiency (Part 3 of 3)

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
Outsourcing Your Brain

Oct 13, 2025

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8 min read

Outsourcing Your Brain

Why the mental work you're delegating might be exactly what makes you irreplaceable (part 2 of 3)

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
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