How to measure and improve your productivity (without lying to yourself)

How to measure and improve your productivity (without lying to yourself) Members Public

If you answered 40 emails today, sat through five meetings and closed your laptop at 8 PM, were you productive? Most people would say yes, because the day was exhausting. But exhaustion and productivity are not the same thing.

Jonathan Canales
Productivity and operations
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AI That Codes on Your Own Computer: Local LLMs, Explained Members Public

Imagine hiring a programmer who never sleeps, never bills by the hour and - this is the important part - never takes a single file out of your office. That, more or less, is what the new generation of AI models running on your own computer promises.

Jonathan Canales
Technology and tools
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Jev vs. LLM: Typed Decisions or Open-Ended Language? Members Public

A business gets dozens of customer messages. Some ask for a quote, some report a problem, and others just want the opening hours. Do you need AI to write an essay about each one? Probably not.

Jonathan Canales
Technology and tools
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Why every team needs a systems thinker (and why you should be one) Members Public

Some people fix the problem in front of them. Others ask why the problem keeps coming back. The second group is easier to overlook, because when they do their job well, nothing dramatic happens. The fire never starts.

Jonathan Canales
Leadership and teams
Strategic or tactical? The difference that changes how you work (and how you're seen)

Strategic or tactical? The difference that changes how you work (and how you're seen) Members Public

There is a phrase that quietly shapes more careers than any performance review: "we need you to be more strategic." It usually arrives in a meeting, with good intentions and without much explanation of what it actually means.

Jonathan Canales
Strategy and decisions
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What is generative AI (Gen AI) and what is it for? Members Public

Until recently, AI in companies was invisible and kind of boring: it classified things (“is this email spam?”) and predicted things (“which customer is about to leave?”). Generative AI changed the game because it does something different: it creates.

Jonathan Canales
AI for business
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What is an LLM and what is it for? Members Public

If you've used ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, you've already met an LLM; nobody just introduced you properly. LLM stands for Large Language Model. It's the software “brain” behind almost all the AI you hear about today.

Jonathan Canales
AI for business
What is a strategy, how to build one, and how to actually execute it

What is a strategy, how to build one, and how to actually execute it Members Public

You have probably sat in this meeting: someone says "we need a strategy", everyone nods, the whiteboard fills with ideas, and at the end nobody is sure what was decided.

Jonathan Canales
Strategy and decisions