Blue Sky Insights
Ideas about redesigning product organizations when AI changes the economics of creating software
Over the past few years I've been exploring a question: How should we redesign Product Organizations when AI fundamentally changes the economics of creating software?
Most of these ideas first appear as LinkedIn posts, where they benefit from discussion and challenge.
This page acts as an evolving index of those observations, together with longer-form thinking as it develops.
First Principles
Foundational articles exploring why AI changes the economics and assumptions behind modern product organizations.
- AI Agents May Accelerate More Than AI Agents
- From Personal AI to Organizational AI
- AI may be accelerating confidence faster than competence
- Why SaaS Isn't Going Anywhere
- Reflections from SaaSiest 2026 Malmø about AI adoption
- The Difference Between AI Adoption and AI Transformation
- Average AI Adoption May Already Mean Falling Behind
- The Lean Startup, Reimagined for the AI Era
- Be a Scientist, Not a Magician
AI-Native Product Organizations
Articles about operating models, organizational design and how Product & Engineering teams evolve in the age of AI.
Building AI-Native Products
Hands-on lessons from building AI-native products, tooling and engineering practices.
Field Notes
Practical observations from building AI-native products, experimenting with new tools and workflows, and exploring how AI changes the way we create products.
Product Leadership & Operating Models
Timeless product leadership and SaaS operating model lessons.
- Should Product be involved in go-to-market? - Only if you want to succeed
- The Three Horizons of Product Investment
- Clarity of Direction Doesn't Make Execution Simple
- Documentation Is an Accelerator, Not Overhead
- Scaling SaaS Is Like Flying an Airplane
- De-risking B2B SaaS Growth
- From Founder-Led to Founder-Inspired
High-Performance Organizations
Broader reflections on leadership, execution and high-performing teams.
- Build Organizations Like Olympic Rings
- Execution Debt: The Hidden Scaling Constraint
- The Modern Manager Is Becoming an Integrator
- Focus Is the Missing Half of Empowerment
- Empowered teams need both autonomy and accountability
- Alignment Compounds
- Your Team Doesn't Need a Hero
- Great collaboration doesn’t care where you sit