Albers Advisory — WritingEssays by Michael Albers on AI-native product leadership: the shift from individual AI wins to team AI leverage, why adoption stalls, and what changes when the operating model changes.https://www.albersadvisory.biz/en-usA Working Guide to Product Discovery in the AI Erahttps://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/working-guide-to-product-discovery-in-the-ai-era/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/working-guide-to-product-discovery-in-the-ai-era/Building got cheap. Judgment didn't. AI removed the governor, not the constraint.Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTYour AI Doesn't Know What Your Team Wouldn't Shiphttps://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/your-ai-doesnt-know-what-your-team-wouldnt-ship/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/your-ai-doesnt-know-what-your-team-wouldnt-ship/Every company runs on judgment nobody wrote down: what your team wouldn't ship, what good means here. Your moat, and your blind spot.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTFrom Individual AI to Team AI: The Next Problemhttps://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/from-individual-ai-to-team-ai/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/from-individual-ai-to-team-ai/Personal AI wins are real. Team AI wins are a different problem.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI Isn't a Tool. It's a Team You Have to Design.https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-isnt-a-tool-its-a-team/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-isnt-a-tool-its-a-team/Six months ago I called this 'using AI.' I don't anymore.Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI Made the Build Faster. It Didn't Make Users Faster.https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-made-the-build-faster/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-made-the-build-faster/When I managed Yahoo Mail, 225+ million people used it every month.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTBetting on AI as THE Intelligence. Here's What That Misses.https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/betting-on-ai-as-the-intelligence/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/betting-on-ai-as-the-intelligence/Two CEOs are betting AI is the work. The labs that sold them the AI just spent $11.5B betting against them.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMost PMs Quit AI Too Soon. Reach the 4-Hour Mark.https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/most-pms-quit-ai-too-soon/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/most-pms-quit-ai-too-soon/Marty Cagan ('PM guru') said two important things over the last 10 days.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI Won't Replace Your Kid. The Kid Next to Them Might.https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-wont-replace-your-kid/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-wont-replace-your-kid/Every week someone asks me some version of the same question.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI Doesn't Need More Builders. It Needs Thinkers.https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-doesnt-need-more-builders-it-needs-thinkers/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-doesnt-need-more-builders-it-needs-thinkers/I gave a talk at Pie Fi (a builder community) in Santa Cruz a couple weeks ago.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhen AI Adoption Stalls Inside an Organizationhttps://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/when-ai-adoption-stalls/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/when-ai-adoption-stalls/People blame the tools.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI Didn't Unlock Everyone. It Unlocked the Connectors.https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-didnt-unlock-everyone-the-connectors/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-didnt-unlock-everyone-the-connectors/My thinking on who AI actually unlocks has evolved. Here's what changed it.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTI Built an AI System. It Had to Earn Its Access.https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/i-built-an-ai-system-it-had-to-earn-its-access/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/i-built-an-ai-system-it-had-to-earn-its-access/In my quest to continue to learn about all things AI, I started with OpenClaw.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI Didn't Unlock Everyone. It Specifically Unlocked Product Managers.https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-unlocked-product-managers/https://www.albersadvisory.biz/writing/ai-unlocked-product-managers/There's a specific profile of person AI unlocks. Not the programmer. Not the non-technical person. The one in between.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT