Whilst generative AI isn’t a new concept. Unlike traditional AI technologies, generative AI doesn’t predict or classify based on input; it generates content and images based on text input. This form of AI first became popular in 2014, through the introduction of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). In this post, I’ll…

My summary of Copy.ai before using it? A design friend of mine recently referred to the likes of Copy.ai, Linear and Vev as “great examples of modern software”, referring to the simplicity and intuitiveness of these products. Intrigued, I decided to check out Copy.ai, expecting a service around copywriting. How…

A few months ago I sat on a panel with some great product people* and the topic of product leadership came up. “I’m not a product leader” I thought to myself. A good people manager perhaps, but not a leader?! Was this a case of impostor syndrome or a need…

The ‘Turing Test’ was designed back in 1950 by mathematician and computing engineer Alan Turing to determine whether a machine can show human intelligence. In simple terms; can a computer talk like a human? At the time Turing called it the ‘Imitation Game’. As part of the test, a human…

My summary of Roam before using it — I’ve heard people say that Roam is a really good note taking app. It takes me back to when Evernote used to be a really good note taking app and my life was in Evernote … (sighs and carries on). How does…

My summary of Yellow AI before using it — I believe Yellow AI offers a machine learning model that underpins chatbot conversations. Not sure yet about the use cases are for this machine learning model. In the interests of full disclosure, I work at Intercom where we enable our customers…

Russ Laraway is a military commander turned people leader, currently working as Chief People Officer at Goodwater Capital. I recently heard Laraway talk about his first book “When They Win, You Win” on Jason Knight’s great “One Knight in Product” podcast and it prompted me to read Laraway’s book. …

My summary of Scenery before using it — Listening to an episode of the Greymatter podcast, I heard Maya Frai at Greylock Partners describe Scenery as a product that “is bringing much-needed disruption to video editing tools through a collaborative platform.” …

How do you measure the performance of your business unit or product? How do you know that you’re measuring the right thing? How do the different metrics that you measure ladder up? These are just some of the questions that we need to grapple with to ensure that our efforts…