🏝️ My Summer 2026 Best Business Reads Roundup
Scarcity and strategy - Misreading AI the way Hollywood misread streaming – Sangeet Paul Choudary
Every era rewards whoever controls what's scarce. If AI makes usable knowledge dramatically cheaper, then the real strategic question isn't what gets automated, but what becomes valuable afterward.
Most people and companies aren't tool-builders – Benedict Evans, Toni Cowan-Brown
I feel that we need a strong antidote to this "everyone will just build their own software" narrative. Most people aren't builders and don't want to become builders. That's precisely why finding the exact problem to solve becomes increasingly critical.
The Rise of the Software Factory – Tereza Tizkova
Software factories have been the flavour of the month. But what is a software factory, after all? This is the best read I found on the topic and is worth reading for anyone thinking about the future of product organizations.
Product lead and co-CEO shares why building AI products is a whole different animal – The CPO Club
This piece by Andrei Rebrov 🚀, Co-CEO & Product Lead at Finsi, offers a practical perspective from someone operating on the front line, which is something you don't come across that often.
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A fascinating story about the longevity guru Bryan Johnson, who wants to live forever but is having a hard time explaining why.
It's easy to read it as a cautionary tale about the longevity craze, but it feels equally relevant to business, product management, and even AI. Sometimes the most important question isn't "can we optimize this?" but "why are we optimizing it in the first place?"
(Picture of the Month: four staff members carefully carrying a fallen humanoid robot on a stretcher across a Beijing sporting arena, on August 22nd. A strangely tender scene, as if we can't help projecting humanity onto the things we build - 📸 REUTERS/Tingshu Wang)
Originally shared as a LinkedIn post. Check it out here.
