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AI in Crayon · ep
Why managers beat prompters
Translated Strategy

Your Management Experience Is an AI Superpower

Mollick's research shows that management skills — scoping problems, evaluating output, knowing when something's off — are exactly what makes AI powerful. If you've been running a business, you're already qualified.

↳ Ethan Mollick — 'Management as AI Superpower' Read + watch →
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AI in Crayon · ep
The 18-month squeeze
The Shift

Where to Bet on AI Tools (And Where Not To)

Most AI tools you're being sold today will get squeezed out of existence in 18 months. Here's the filter I use with my own clients to separate real leverage from tourist traps.

↳ Nate B Jones Read + watch →
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AI in Crayon · ep
Three jobs. One bot. Real numbers.
Field Notes

What an HVAC Owner Actually Needs to Know About AI

Skipping the hype. Three real jobs an HVAC company in Windsor used AI for last month — what worked, what flopped, and what the phone-answering bot cost them.

↳ Field report from Local Nerds install Read + watch →
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AI in Crayon · ep
Fifty jobs → one judgment
Borrowed Lenses

Fifty Specializations Collapse Into One Skill

What happens to a 15-person service company when the things you used to hire five specialists for become one person with good judgment? The math is better than you think.

↳ Nate B Jones on skill convergence Read + watch →
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AI in Crayon · ep
Software was never the moat
Translated Strategy

The Owner Moat vs. The Tool Moat

Your moat was never the software you bought. It was the decisions you made with it. Why the AI era rewards operators who already think in systems.

↳ Reid Hoffman / Ben Thompson Read + watch →
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AI in Crayon · ep
Reshape, don't replace
The Shift

AI Won't Replace You. It Will Reshape Your Team.

Stop asking 'will this replace my people?' Start asking 'what would my team do if every one of them had a full-time research assistant?' That's the right frame.

↳ Dario Amodei, Ethan Mollick Read + watch →
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AI in Crayon · ep
27 minutes. One quoting bot.
Flex

Flex: I Built a Quoting Bot in 27 Minutes

Not pretty. Not production. But a working quote-intake flow for a roofer, built in under half an hour. Here's the raw recording and what I'd fix next.

↳ Live demo Read + watch →
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AI in Crayon · ep
The four rungs
Translated Strategy

From 'I Use ChatGPT Sometimes' to AI-First Operations

The practical ladder from curiosity to leverage. What changes at each rung, what to spend on, and where most operators get stuck (hint: it's step two).

↳ Original Read + watch →