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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
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
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