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Enterprise AI Teach AI To Be Contrarian

The Secret Advantage of a Contrarian AI

Summary Insight: Most enterprise AI agrees; it doesn’t think. Anchor it in first principles and a centralized context engine to get signal, not applause. Key Takeaways: Consensus scales mediocrity; first principles create breakthroughs. Centralize context; train AI to probe and

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MoreEffortStopsWorking

When More Effort Stops Working

When complexity compounds, leverage—not hustle—wins. There’s a point in every growing company where the wheels start to wobble. Not because people stopped caring. Because the system can’t carry the load. More meetings. More firefighting. Less throughput. This Thu, Oct 16

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OP 6 Laws Of Organizational Physics

The 6 Laws of Organizational Physics

You can’t outwork physics. You can only work with it. Many of us try to scale through effort— but effort without alignment always burns out. Here’s the truth: Your business follows the same universal laws that govern everything else in

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Startwithphysics

Start with Physics

Most frameworks start at psychology. I start at physics. Here’s why that changes everything. If you’ve taken a personality test like Myers-Briggs or DiSC, PSIU might feel similar. But the real question is: How close to bedrock do you want

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SWOT Guide Organizational Physics

It’s Time to Create 2026–27 Strategic Alignment

Your 2026 strategy won’t fail because of bad ideas. It will fail because of hidden misalignment. Every October CEOs and boards huddle for “strategic planning.” The ritual looks the same: long offsites, big decks, bold initiatives. But here’s the trap—most

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How We Restructured Airtable S Entire Org For AI Howie Liu Co Founder And CEO YouTube 09 16 2025 10 34 AM

When it comes to AI transformation, Airtable is half right

Summary Insight: Airtable’s AI shift proves the point: tools don’t transform companies—structure does. Get the rules right and AI fuels leverage; get them wrong and it multiplies chaos. Key Takeaways: Structure must match strategy—especially when AI changes the game. Effectiveness

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Stopoptimizingwhatshouldntexist

Stop optimizing what shouldn’t exist.

Stop optimizing what shouldn’t exist. AI is making this mistake faster than ever. I’m seeing companies rush to apply AI across their existing workflows. The thinking goes: “If we can replicate this process with AI, we’ll save time and money.”

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