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Exploratory Use
October 27, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question After four issues exploring the questions in my Practical Delegation Test, this week begins a series on its Delegation...
Where Does the Uncertainty Go?
October 20, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept The fourth and final question in my Practical Delegation Test is: Where does the uncertainty go? The first...
What Judgment Must Remain Human?
October 13, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept AI can do much of the work behind a decision without being the right party to make it. The third question...
Can I Verify the Result Cheaply Enough?
October 6, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept You may know exactly what you want an AI assistant to produce and still be unable to tell whether it's...
Can I Describe the Outcome Clearly?
September 29, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept Before I delegate a piece of work to AI, the first question I ask is: can I describe the outcome clearly?...
Evidence Has Edges
September 22, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept A successful test is useful, but it can tempt people into saying more than the test has proved. I think of...
The First-Day Path
September 15, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept You can learn a lot the first time someone tries to use a system. I don't just mean whether the tool...
Capacity Has a Shape
September 8, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept When work is under pressure, my first instinct is to ask for more resource, but what would that help...
Test the Real Route
September 1, 2026
One Concept, One Concept, One Question The Concept A workflow can look sensible until people try to use it. A team designs a process, tests it in a clean...
Decision Receipts
August 25, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept Some decisions fail later because the choice was wrong, however many fail because nobody can reconstruct...
Does This Need AI?
August 18, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept Use AI for work that needs judgement; use rules for work that needs repeatability. Before deciding how to...
What Are We Comparing It With?
August 11, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept This week, I kept coming back to a simple question: what are we comparing this with? It matters whenever...
Visible Assumptions
August 4, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept A handoff is risky when it does not say what has been assumed, checked, and still needs deciding. That...
Review Debt
July 28, 2026
One Concept, One Example, One Question The concept AI can now create candidate work faster than many teams can sensibly review it. That is useful when the...