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Product #marketing and strategy leader. Gardener. Yogi. Genealogist. Musician. Formerly Thoughtworks, ICF, JRI-Poland. Opinions my own.
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When technology moves faster than understanding, organizations starve on a diet of their own innovation. The Digestion Gap, Part III unpacks how speed without…
https://www.adammonago.com/digestion-gap-part-3-understanding-organizational-dynamics/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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We’re overfed on information but undernourished in understanding.
In Part II of The Digestion Gap, I explore the forces behind organizational indigestion—and what it reveals about work in the…
https://www.adammonago.com/diagnosing-modern-organization/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Thriving isn’t just about who stands beside you — it’s about what happens between you.
Love, trust, and play aren’t luxuries. They’re the architecture of thriving.
Read “The Architecture of Thriving:…
https://www.adammonago.com/architecture-of-thriving/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
In my last piece, I touched on how technology reshapes not just what we say but how we listen.
This essay goes deeper, exploring the darker side of attention: “predatory listening.”
www.meditatehappier.com/meditationbl...
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The difference between surviving and thriving is who stands beside you.
Support isn’t about fixing—it’s about presence, forgiveness, and trust.
We rise in relationship, not alone.
Full…
https://www.adammonago.com/difference-between-surviving-thriving/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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📉 In 2024, >50% of grads worked jobs that didn’t require a degree.
🤖 AI is replacing entry-level tasks.
🧑🏫 Mentorship is thin.
The result? Jack’s 85 unanswered apps, Azraiel’s…
https://www.adammonago.com/missing-rung-ai-vanishing-entry-level-job/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Stepstones, Not Moonshots.
AI isn’t just rewriting jobs — it’s rewriting the org chart.
Most pilots fail because orgs consume them faster than they can absorb.
It’s time to build rituals,…
https://www.adammonago.com/stepstones-not-moonshots-leading-ai/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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My school superintendent didn’t open her letter with test scores.
She led with IT uptime.
Every job is becoming, in part, an IT job.
That’s what hybrid roles look like — the fusion of human…
https://www.adammonago.com/when-every-job-becomes-an-it-job/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Your demo flopped because you're missing context, not features.
New post: How "context engineering" transforms scattered info into instant buyer understanding.
The same…
https://www.adammonago.com/mastering-context-continuous-learning-market-success/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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🧠 The "Digestion Gap" is killing your best ideas.
Your brain can only hold ~4 items in working memory. But you're consuming info at machine speed.
Result: Teams that generate brilliant hackathon…
https://www.adammonago.com/the-digestion-gap-ai/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
18.08.2025 09:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ancient language patterns explain why AI transformation feels so disorienting.
Proto-Indo-European took 1000 years to spread across cultures. AI vocabularies are doing the same thing in organizations - but in…
https://www.adammonago.com/syntax-of-change/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Happy Sunday friends!
10.08.2025 10:26 — 👍 771 🔁 73 💬 21 📌 3
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The "go solo or get left behind" advice for 50+ professionals is a false dichotomy.
While companies keep Boomers longer and bet on Millennials for AI, they're missing the generation…
https://www.adammonago.com/not-done-yet-lessons-from-the-long-middle/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Back in 2016, I wrote about podcasting's future. Got some right, missed others.
Didn't see: YouTube becoming #1 platform, AI as editing assistant, video dominance.
Just published my…
https://www.adammonago.com/the-future-of-podcasting-revisited/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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🧭 New piece: "Choose Your Controls: The Hidden Cost of Convenience"
Why enterprise buyers are rejecting multi-year SaaS contracts, and what it teaches us about AI, platforms, and strategic…
https://www.adammonago.com/choose-your-controls/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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🚀 The future of work isn't automation—it's amplification.
Most companies:
Human → AI replacement
Smart companies:
Human + AI = breakthrough
New: "The Bionic Workplace"
3 levels:
AI as Tool
AI as…
https://www.adammonago.com/bionic-workplace/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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🎵 On my 51st birthday, reflecting on 5 creative lessons from Iron & Wine that apply to building anything meaningful:
Consistency beats inspiration
Environment…
https://www.adammonago.com/structured-serendipity-5-creative-lessons-from-iron-and-wine/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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🧠 We're mourning the loss of analytical thinking as AI takes over.
What remains human? Intuition, timing, reading the room.
The future belongs to whole-hand intelligence, not just pointing fingers…
https://www.adammonago.com/when-knowing-isnt-enough/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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CMO: "We promoted our first AI agent to Senior Marketing Manager."
Agent handles campaigns. Humans handle intuition & cultural moments.
New reality: Algorithms run the office. Humans run the…
https://www.adammonago.com/not-your-parents-marketing-org/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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🚨 Prompt Wars Are Over. Context Engineers Won.
Competitors built AI systems that automate your 3-week tasks instantly.
12 months = insurmountable advantages
24 months =…
https://www.adammonago.com/the-prompt-wars-are-over-context-engineers-won/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
AI won't take your PMM job—someone who masters it will.
🔬 Use AI for: data, automation, scale
🎨 Stay human for: empathy, storytelling, strategy
Full playbook at the link below.
#ProductMarketing #AI
Effective leadership demands perfect symmetry: innovation & fundamentals. Push AI's possibilities, stay human. Build clear structures, empower autonomy. Drive results, allow sustainable rhythms. Embrace the contradictions. #Leadership #AI #WorkLifeBalance
11.06.2025 13:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's possible that Grammarly has lost it's damn freaking mind.
#writing #writingcommunity #booksky
New newsletter drop 🎯
Covered this week:
→ Built a personal GPT for job scoring (game changer)
→ Real AI risks (spoiler: not sentience)
→ Why the workforce deal is fundamentally breaking
www.adammonago.com/compound-int...
Actually, yes, this and a fantastic set of encyclopedias
02.06.2025 23:19 — 👍 23297 🔁 2545 💬 724 📌 270
Waldo/Wally being led away by two police officers.
decades-long manhunt finally ends
29.05.2025 12:29 — 👍 19399 🔁 2697 💬 429 📌 238
hot take: the "death of websites" panic is missing the point entirely
google's traffic cliff ≠ end of web
it = evolution to something way better
www.adammonago.com/building-ai-...
anyone else building AI-first web experiences? would love to hear what you're working on 🤖
In my latest newsletter, I'm examining how cooperation, delegation, and asking insightful questions remain uniquely human capabilities—even as AI grows more sophisticated.
The most effective leaders will blend tech prowess with irreplaceable human skills.
www.adammonago.com/3-essential-...
📬 NEW ISSUE: "Perpetual Beta: How to Thrive Humanly as AI Accelerates Everything"
Exploring five layers of adaptation in an age of intelligent systems: Cultural, Economic, Organizational, Team and Personal.
Read it here: www.adammonago.com/perpetual-be...
