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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
The Recombination Illusion

Oct 6, 2025

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9 min read

The Recombination Illusion

Why that "creative" AI output isn't what you think it is (Part 1 of 3)

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
Your AI Policy is Killing Innovation

Sep 29, 2025

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8 min read

Your AI Policy is Killing Innovation

Why PMs Should Write It Instead of Lawyers

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
The AI Delegation Paradox

Sep 22, 2025

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9 min read

The AI Delegation Paradox

Why companies are unknowingly destroying their ability to build what users actually want

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
The Human Judgment Gap

Sep 15, 2025

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8 min read

The Human Judgment Gap

Why smart companies are eliminating their most critical AI asset

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
The September Reckoning

Sep 8, 2025

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11 min read

The September Reckoning

Why working with human psychology beats fighting against it

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
The Legacy Game Paradox

Sep 1, 2025

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10 min read

The Legacy Game Paradox

The board game lesson that's changing how I think about AI strategy

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
The Elul Principle

Aug 25, 2025

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10 min read

The Elul Principle

The hardest part of AI transformation isn't learning—it's unlearning

Michael Hirsch
Michael Hirsch
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