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People First, Always My Product Manifesto https://beginthework.com/blog/10-metrics-that-matter 2026-02-26T19:04:43.731Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1885e8a9-7d11-46a1-a1f6-85e53519af01_1024x1024.heic 10. Metrics that Matter People first, always, but don't ignore the data. https://beginthework.com/blog/3-build-for-belonging 2026-02-26T19:04:47.658Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c72ba557-5b3a-4201-b48c-26a4e28c7091_1024x1024.png 3. Build for Belonging https://beginthework.com/blog/4-disrupt-or-innovate-you-cant-do 2026-02-26T19:04:46.520Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51ef9f0c-8959-4ab1-8a99-54fb13824348_1024x1024.heic 4. Disrupt or Innovate. You can't do both. One breaks the system and one builds it better. 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Organizational Physiology No Pain, No Gain, or is it Know Pain, Now Gain? https://beginthework.com/blog/8-progress-over-process 2026-02-26T19:04:44.743Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/98877774-0131-47ae-b8e4-ce194582cc78_1024x1024.heic 8. Progress over Process The difference between Product and Project Management, without judgment. https://beginthework.com/blog/9-inspiration-isnt-optional 2026-02-26T19:04:44.420Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/614690e0-e8a7-4cb0-8850-126c1e1a95b0_1024x1024.heic 9. Inspiration Isn’t Optional Who inspires you? Are you finding inspiration? Are you inspiring? https://beginthework.com/blog/a-dissenting-opinion 2026-04-29T14:10:08.332Z weekly 0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1469854523086-cc02fe5d8800?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwzfHx2YW4lMjBsaWZlfGVufDB8fHx8MTc0MjU2NjEwOXww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080 A dissenting opinion... ...on what you should do with your career. https://beginthework.com/blog/an-ai-conversation 2026-04-22T21:07:37.931Z weekly 0.7 https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/corded-academy-391318.appspot.com/o/blog-posts%2Fan-ai-conversation%2Fimages%2Fhero-1776892051877-0ac84944-75f2-48c7-9ee0-546efec23008_1024x1536.png?alt=media&token=a1ad566c-9b10-4715-9ab2-4ef9a6ccbea9 An AI Conversation On the future of digital product development and marketing. https://beginthework.com/blog/are-you-a-creator-or-curator 2026-04-29T14:10:56.278Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/73dd7134-9f94-4bf3-b596-9d39be207c3e_1024x1024.heic Are you a Creator or Curator? Prolific, Selective, or just doing the work? https://beginthework.com/blog/building-around-rejection 2026-02-26T19:04:45.403Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cbb39d25-337c-4cd7-a533-634ecbc95bcf_1024x1024.heic Building Around Rejection Self-diagnosis or finally naming it? https://beginthework.com/blog/creative-work-not-business-plans 2026-02-26T19:04:44.077Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/72404b9d-7ede-4505-850a-af57beb2d5be_1536x1024.heic Creative Work, Not Business Plans Abandoning ambition to access artistry. https://beginthework.com/blog/delusional-confidence 2026-02-26T19:04:42.671Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ddf95b1a-4f6a-483e-9ee0-a82ae96365b9_2624x1184.heic Delusional Confidence Some of us think ourselves into existence. https://beginthework.com/blog/function-first-thinking 2026-02-27T11:40:20.437Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d70fc46a-d81c-4e11-9bcc-1f37ade3c76f_2816x1536.png Function-First Thinking Stop Monetizing Your Interests. Your job isn't to monetize what you love. It's to name what you do across all of it—and find where it pays. https://beginthework.com/blog/gatekeepers 2026-04-29T14:08:50.134Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e0c7bfc0-337b-48f5-9d42-f4f12b2f6167.heic Gatekeepers When fences become obstacles to efficiency. https://beginthework.com/blog/how-to-talk-about-ai 2026-04-02T00:39:35.218Z weekly 0.7 https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/corded-academy-391318.appspot.com/o/blog-posts%2Fhow-to-talk-about-ai%2Fimages%2Fhero-1775090352229-79664050-3584-465a-9d83-6e3a761f78a0_1024x608.webp?alt=media&token=ed6263da-08f8-4017-a6a5-e5accfe1b6d0 How to talk about AI There are days where I don’t know how to talk about what I’m building or how I’m building it. Either I’m way ahead or way behind... https://beginthework.com/blog/if-they-dont-support-macs 2026-04-23T14:58:48.454Z weekly 0.7 https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/corded-academy-391318.appspot.com/o/blog-posts%2Fif-they-dont-support-macs%2Fimages%2Fhero-1776895299760-ChatGPT-Image-Apr-22%2C-2026%2C-05_01_19-PM.png?alt=media&token=45d86783-55e5-4a90-9a56-10b580fbb24f If they don't support Macs... I've done a lot of digital transformation work over the years, and I've learned the hard way to figure out what kind of organization I'm walking into before I fully commit. So I developed a test. It's not scientific, but it has never lied to me: ask for a Mac. https://beginthework.com/blog/its-me-not-you 2026-04-29T14:11:06.064Z weekly 0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1550177977-ad69e8f3cae0?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw2fHxuZXR3b3JraW5nfGVufDB8fHx8MTc0OTc1OTYwOHww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080 It's me, not you. Networking events are my worst nightmare... and yet I go. https://beginthework.com/blog/knowledge-is-sht 2026-04-29T14:09:54.981Z weekly 0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1510844355160-2fb07bf9af75?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyNXx8Y29tcG9zdHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3NDE2NjAyNTh8MA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080 Knowledge is Sh*t New metaphors for this digital age. https://beginthework.com/blog/loving-the-work-the 2026-04-29T14:09:19.332Z weekly 0.7 https://beginthework.com/blog/monday-memo-the 2026-02-26T19:04:54.747Z weekly 0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1584172295536-fd672ad14eaf?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw5OHx8cHJhY3RpY2V8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzAwMTAyODI0fDA&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080 Monday Memo - ❤️ the 🛠️ Fall in love with the work. https://beginthework.com/blog/move-from-a-hero-culture-to-a-team 2026-02-26T19:04:53.717Z weekly 0.7 https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1612916628677-475f676a6adf?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyfHxsZWdvJTIwYmF0bWFufGVufDB8fHx8MTcwMDY2NTkwMHww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=1080 Move from a HERO culture to a TEAM culture! You don't have to be the hero if you've built a great team. https://beginthework.com/blog/never-meet-your-heroes 2026-02-26T19:04:52.385Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cb24e050-cae5-4f61-bd76-350d5f5bcd3a.heic Never meet your heroes... or idealized projections can be good? https://beginthework.com/blog/no-risk-it-no-biscuit 2026-04-29T16:07:16.125Z weekly 0.7 https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/corded-academy-391318.appspot.com/o/blog-posts%2Fno-risk-it-no-biscuit%2Fimages%2Fhero-1777471986031-ChatGPT-Image-Apr-28%2C-2026%2C-08_35_07-PM.png?alt=media&token=26b66761-3833-4fb4-ad87-26654991ef4b No Risk It, No Biscuit I was twenty years old and about to start at slot receiver for the University of Tulsa. Then I broke my collarbone. Then I broke it again. For years I called that failure. I've since changed my definition of the word. https://beginthework.com/blog/product-launch-briefly 2026-04-23T14:58:59.757Z weekly 0.7 https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/corded-academy-391318.appspot.com/o/blog-posts%2Fproduct-launch-briefly%2Fimages%2Fhero-1776017475075-Screenshot-2026-04-12-at-1.10.54-PM.png?alt=media&token=9814aedd-8a50-4bdb-a784-fadef0742dc4 Product Launch: Briefly Write the brief. Ship the product. Everything a PM actually needs: briefs, roadmaps, card tracking, and meeting notes. Without the bloat. https://beginthework.com/blog/product-physiology 2026-02-26T19:04:48.008Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f58ed14-40c4-49cf-ad88-b937e384829c_1024x1024.heic 2. 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Smoked turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce powered Thanksgiving ruminations. https://beginthework.com/blog/starving-artist 2026-04-22T21:17:22.971Z weekly 0.7 https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/corded-academy-391318.appspot.com/o/blog-posts%2Fstarving-artist%2Fimages%2Fhero-1776892637012-ChatGPT-Image-Apr-22%2C-2026%2C-04_15_30-PM.png?alt=media&token=2585313b-de7e-421c-ba10-faca1fc97141 Starving Artist The alternative to A.B.C. https://beginthework.com/blog/tears-in-my-eyes 2026-04-22T21:25:32.818Z weekly 0.7 https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/corded-academy-391318.appspot.com/o/blog-posts%2Ftears-in-my-eyes%2Fimages%2Fhero-1776892892472-ChatGPT-Image-Apr-22%2C-2026%2C-04_21_18-PM.png?alt=media&token=6ab4e0db-fc9c-4846-84ef-a2247ba01d3c Tears in my eyes Written in 2018 and then performed on the steps of the Capitol Building, Sep 11, 2018. https://beginthework.com/blog/the-ai-gap 2026-02-26T19:04:50.108Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d41e49e8-58d0-4ced-9341-b6a86c7debaa_4032x3024.heic The AI Gap (Short Version) Why General Intelligence Isn't Enough. https://beginthework.com/blog/the-aigap 2026-04-29T14:10:30.153Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e62ee70a-5cd9-4b1e-a4cf-89a0a9674393_8000x4500.heic The AI—Gap The philosophical and technological gap in AI can be bridged... here's how. https://beginthework.com/blog/the-future-of-work-is-post-digital 2026-02-26T19:04:43.035Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/497e6595-cc76-4870-8abf-5dd3d81dd38c_1024x1536.heic The Future of Work Is Post-Digital Are we shaping AI or is AI shaping us? https://beginthework.com/blog/the-man-vs-the-entrepreneur 2026-04-29T14:08:20.747Z weekly 0.7 https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0a36507d-65a1-45e8-a021-f0341a25e142_800x800.heic The Man vs The Entrepreneur Entrepreneurial Prose https://beginthework.com/blog/the-token-tax 2026-05-04T18:41:20.159Z weekly 0.7 https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/corded-academy-391318.appspot.com/o/blog-posts%2Fthe-token-tax%2Fimages%2Fhero-1777916025953-ChatGPT-Image-May-4%2C-2026-at-12_23_10-PM.png?alt=media&token=01d040d8-d74e-4f9f-8515-e2579589a2eb The Token Tax I asked an AI if it's getting more verbose to pad the bill. 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