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AI Adoption

Building Software in the Age of Vibes

Vibe coding is immature but foundational: why prompt-driven AI development will reshape who builds software, and how leaders should pilot it with guardrails.

Michael Krouze · May 25, 2025
Product Leadership

When Bold Ideas Meet Reality: Mastering the Shift to the Investor Mindset

Bold ideas are worthless if they can't survive scrutiny. Learn the signals it's time to shift from innovator to investor mindset, and the traps to avoid.

Michael Krouze · May 19, 2025
Innovation

Unleashing the Innovator Mindset: How to See Opportunities Others Miss

Stop asking how to bolt new tech onto your product. Scenario planning, cross-pollination, and reverse assumption analysis reveal what's newly possible.

Michael Krouze · May 12, 2025
Agile

Agile Is a Mindset

Running stand-ups and sprints is doing Agile; it doesn't guarantee agility. Being Agile is an executive mindset: trust, psychological safety, empowered teams.

Mary Kay Krouze · May 9, 2025
Product Leadership

The Twin Mindsets Every Product Leader Needs in a Tech-Driven World

Product discovery demands two mental modes: the Innovator asking what's possible and the Investor asking what's viable. The edge lies in switching between them.

Michael Krouze · May 5, 2025
Agentic AI

MCP and the Future of AI Integration

Imagine if your AI assistant could not only understand your requests but also seamlessly interact with your tools and data—without custom integrations. Enter the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an emerging standard that's poised to revolutionize AI integration.

Michael Krouze · May 1, 2025
Agile

Is Agile Dying?

Agile’s been around for about 25 years now—officially kicking off in 2001 with the Agile Manifesto. Since then, it’s evolved into all sorts of frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, and others. We've seen some teams knock it out of the park, and others... not so much. So the big question is: is Agile on its way out?

Mary Kay Krouze · April 22, 2025
AI Strategy

Generative AI: A Commodity, Not A Unique Proposition

Generative AI has slid from differentiator to table stakes. Matching competitors keeps you in the game; real advantage comes from what it newly makes possible.

Michael Krouze · July 10, 2023
Software Architecture

Attainability: the third of three critical foundations for technology strategy and architecture in a fast-changing world

Attainability asks whether an initiative is possible at reasonable time and cost, and how platform and architecture investments keep future moves in reach.

Michael Krouze · June 10, 2022
Software Architecture

Adaptability: the second of three critical foundations for technology strategy and architecture in a fast-changing world

Design technology strategies and architectures that absorb change: track change momentum, abstract with interfaces, and keep module responsibilities clear.

Michael Krouze · May 25, 2022
Innovation

Innovation: the first of three critical foundations for technology strategy and architecture in a fast-changing world

I see innovation as introducing something new that adds value for the customer. When building a product, innovation needs a purpose, and the customer needs to be at the center of that purpose.

Michael Krouze · May 18, 2022
Exponential Change

Living in a world of constant technological change

Ignoring change means increased technical debt, missed opportunities, and potential loss of competitive advantage. You can find yourself left behind if you allow the world to change around you but do not change with it.

Michael Krouze · May 13, 2022
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