Ten essential books for designing unforgettable experiences
Ten books you must read to learn how to design unforgettable experiences.
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VN-007 — Exploring a Portable Knowledge Layer
Another CIO commented that his organization had accepted not always using the latest AI models and tools because it could
When AI Accelerates Work, Who Remembers the Trade-Offs?
A temporary exception needs a second decision. When its purpose and review point are hard to find, it may continue without being reconsidered.
VN-006 — Skills and Agents Have a Maintenance Lifecycle
As I build skills and agents, I keep finding the same procedures, instructions, and best practices in different places. My
VN-005 — Reading Well Enough to Remain in Control
Over the past few days, I've used LLMs to research, challenge ideas, explore scenarios, and document decisions as
VN-004 — Designing Organizations for Agents
The more I think about building with agents, the more I keep coming back to context. An agent can only
As a CIO, I Used an AI Agent to Prepare Decisions—Not Make Them
The apparent problem was email volume. The real problem was decision preparation. An AI agent improved the handoff without taking ownership of the decision.
VN-003 — What I Mean by AI-Native
In my research, I keep finding examples of companies using AI to make existing work faster or more efficient. I
VN-002 — Foundations Before Acceleration
Foundations have mattered in almost everything I have built. If I want to build generative AI-native startups, I need
AI-Native Businesses Can Still Inherit Old Organizations
AI-native businesses can scale intelligence while still inheriting old operating assumptions, fragmentation, and unclear accountability.
VN-001 — Choosing the Venture Path
Today I decided that my next professional chapter will be building AI-native ventures.
The decision comes from experience. I
When Product Releases Become Too Large to Read
When product releases bundle too many changes, value becomes unreadable. Leadership loses the evidence needed to decide what deserves to survive.
The Foundations That Last
Returning to my school in Huancayo reminded me that great teachers do more than share knowledge—they help build the foundations of a life.
The Institutional Cost of Parallel Technology Authority
A single foundation can quietly become two. Both remain standing, but each now carries a different institution—and the cost compounds over time.
The Governance Failure Behind Enterprise AI
AI adoption is not transformation unless leadership can prove which capability changed, what outcome improved, and who is accountable for the result.
Governance Fails When Systems Become Unreadable
Governance operates with confidence while systems become unreadable. Decisions are made on visibility—outcomes are determined by what remains hidden.
When Decision Quality Becomes a Governance Blind Spot
Executives trust decision quality as proof of control, but this hides the systems that shape reality—until failure exposes what was never governed.
Post‑MVP Is Not Optional: Where Products Earn Survival or Deserve to Die
Post-MVP is a decision boundary. When survival is never authorized, momentum replaces judgment—and optionality quietly collapses.
Strategy Fails When Architecture Is Ignored
Strategy fails when ambition outruns architecture and messaging replaces structural feasibility.