Definitely Agile
Why AI and PowerPoints Are Quietly Killing Your Product Intent
It doesn't happen all at once. A great idea comes out of a strategy session. Someone turns it into a PowerPoint. Another person summarizes that PowerPoint with AI. By the time it reaches the team building it, the sharp edges are gone and nobody quite remembers what made the idea worth pursuing in th...
Do You Actually Have a Capacity Problem?
Most organizations think they have a capacity problem. They usually don't. What they have is a work-in-progress problem. And those two things call for very different solutions. In this episode, Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock dig into one of the most persistent headaches in organizational managemen...
Context Engineering and the Roles AI Is Rewriting
AI is changing who builds products. But more than that, it's changing what needs to exist before anyone builds anything. Dave Sharrock and Peter Maddison dig into context engineering - what it actually means, who should own it, and why most organizations aren't ready for the question. If your teams ...
AI Won't Fix a Structural Problem with AJ Bubb
A lot of organizations think AI will make their teams faster. Some are right. Most are solving the wrong problem. AJ Bubb, founder of MxP Studio and host of Facing Disruption, joins Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock to talk about what really happens when AI lands in a development team without fixing ...
Project vs. Product: Finding the Operating Model That Actually Fits
Project model or product model? Most organizations say they're doing one, but are actually doing a messy version of both. In this episode, Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock break down what really separates these two operating models, where each one makes sense, and why forcing a single approach acros...