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ADLC: Breaking the Portfolio Bottleneck
I was speaking with Shannon yesterday about SPM and ADLC, and our conversation encouraged me to publish this post a little early.
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Week 5: Twenty-Two Things I Don't Know
I wrapped up last week with a checklist for anyone considering a humanoid investment: three questions for sorting vendor evidence and five asks to keep…
Jun 13
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Week 4: Who’s building these things
I spent this afternoon ( isn’t this your idea of Saturday fun?) trying to line the humanoid companies up for a good ol’ fashioned scorecard comparison…
Jun 6
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ADLC: The Cost to Verify
An agentic system has been running in production for a few months.
Jun 3
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May 2026
Week 3: "Humanoid" isn't exactly accurate.
On October 9, 2025, Figure AI released a six-minute video of its Figure 03 robot folding laundry, loading a dishwasher, pressing the buttons on a…
May 21
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May 2026: The same lesson at different ages.
I’ve been turning 43 over and over in my head for weeks.
May 20
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Week 2: The Humanoid Building Your BMW, vs. The Terminator
When most people hear “humanoid robot,” the picture in their head is typically from a movie.
May 11
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Week 1: The Robots Are Coming. Someone Has to Deploy Them.
I have spent the majority of my career helping enterprises learn how to operationalize the next “big thing” in pursuit of their strategic and financial…
May 7
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April 2026
Before You Replace Your Manual Testers, Read This
How development managers should think about the mix of AI and manual testing.
Apr 20
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Understanding Semantic Data Layers
BLUF: Most organizations aren’t losing the data game because they lack data.
Apr 10
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March 2026
The Velocity Trap
Why agentic AI will break organizations that can't answer one question: how much change can our customers actually receive right now?
Mar 31
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April 2026: What a Q1!
A new job, new inspiration, and a first birthday.
Mar 27
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