AI Didn’t Take That Job

I was on a flight a while back and got to talking with the person next to me. It turned out they ran a high-end general contracting firm, and before long they were showing me photos of their work. This was really good stuff, beautiful work. He even had some videos he had shot with […]

The Other Side of the Nail Gun

After I published my last post about Power Tools (er, I mean AI), a reader asked me a fair question. “OK, so what do you do with your expensive workers who are being paid more than the current market will bear?” It’s a good question, and I think the answer is actually the flip side […]

The Power Tools Fallacy

Once upon a time, there was a small business owner who hired workers and crafters to do carpentry work: framing houses, roofing, all kinds of construction. These workers spent their days swinging hammers and driving in nails to get the job done. Then one day, the business owner discovered a new tool: the nail gun. […]