Archive · Vol. 01

Field Notes.

Long-form strategic essays on AI-native companies, operating model redesign, and the structures emerging beneath the surface of "AI transformation."

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Field Note · FIELD NOTE 006
August 2026 · 9 min

AI Transformation as System Redesign

AI transformation is not tool adoption. It is a redesign of the company's system of activity — roles, ownership, data, decision cycles, and the protocol that makes better decisions possible.

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Field Note · FIELD NOTE 005
July 2026 · 11 min

Good Answers Don't Change What You Do

A week of measuring an expensive multi-agent setup against a single model call. Two things survived, and both are free: a list of questions, and a card the answer has to come back in.

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Field Note · FIELD NOTE 004
June 2026 · 14 min

The AI Landscape 2026

A map of the AI tooling stack — ten layers from foundation models to enterprise harness, with a clear vocabulary and a practical guide for choosing the right tool.

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Field Note · FIELD NOTE 003
May 2026 · 12 min

From Pain Points to Activity Gaps

A practical framework for breaking down product ideas by mapping customer activity, finding where it breaks, and designing the missing means that closes the loop.

DiscoveryActivity GapMethod
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Field Note · FIELD NOTE 002
May 2026 · 8 min

Resumes Are Too Thin

Why resumes and job boards are too thin for an AI-native labor market — and why the future belongs to capability records, future work graphs, and capability-first matching.

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Field Note · FIELD NOTE 001
May 2026 · 8 min

Don't Patch the Old System

AI transformation is not tool adoption. It is operating model redesign. A field memo on AI-native twins, decision systems, and where real transformation breaks.

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