The AI Thinker

How to build an AI-native software factory

Measure where your team’s work piles up. Put one bought agent on the toil nobody wants. Build only the platform that line needs. Track what merges, and…

Oct 5 • Adam Faik

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September 2026

How to become an AI-native product manager

Run AI experiments on the job you have. Prove depth with real projects. Design agents like new hires. Measure outcomes over AI-written code. Start with…

Sep 23 • Adam Faik

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How to create on-brand slide decks with Claude Design

Give Claude Code your company’s slide decks. Let it build a design system and push it to Claude Design. Create your next deck on brand, and spend your…

Sep 7 • Adam Faik

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August 2026

How to organize Claude Code for product work

Download the starter workspace. Run the setup skill. Sort files by how fast they change. Turn repeated work into skills. File every correction once.

Aug 10 • Adam Faik

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How to get better every week with AI

Paste a real transcript into any LLM. Ask it to review you, not the user. Debrief your hardest meetings. Automate the Friday retro with a skill.

Aug 3 • Adam Faik

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July 2026

How to answer ethical concerns about AI

Listen to the strongest version of the concern. Sort it into one of four kinds. Concede what’s true, fix what you control, correct what’s mistaken…

Jul 26 • Adam Faik

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How to hire an AI-native product manager

Rewrite the job description around real AI usage. Screen for the last thing they built. Watch them direct an AI live. Decide on judgment, with a fluency…

Jul 20 • Adam Faik

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How to build AI agents business teams want

Decide if the job needs an agent. Interview the people who do it. Prototype from their answers. Hand your AI team a buildable spec. Start version one on…

Jul 13 • Adam Faik

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June 2026

How to pick the AI agents worth building

Map out the steps your work goes through, from idea to done. Find the one step everything waits on. Aim your next agent at it, not at the part that’s…

Jun 29 • Adam Faik

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May 2026

How to get your team past the AI coding plateau

Get a working definition of agentic coding. Walk through the principles and the learnings. Plot your team on the grid. Fill the readiness checklist…

May 25 • Adam Faik

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How to build an AI helper for your team with Cowork

Build a skill that knows your context. Open Cowork and follow the article’s example. Adapt the pattern for OKRs, feedback, or any other workflow. Hand…

May 18 • Adam Faik

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How to bring a company up to speed on AI

Identify the fast movers. Build a shared backlog. Run 2-week sprints with a single owner per topic. Pair-do with the rest of the team.

May 11 • Adam Faik

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