Building with AI: Here's What No Briefing Will Tell You
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A hands-on account from an executive who spent three months building with AI, revealing four leadership blind spots: the comprehension gap (executives can't lead AI without building with it), the moat durability gap (AI is eroding most competitive advantages except hard-to-replicate proprietary data), the deployment reality gap (prototypes are easy but production remains complex), and the skill evolution gap (AI equalizes build speed, making engineering judgment the new differentiator). Backed by research from BCG, GitClear, and others, the piece argues executives must personally build agentic workflows to lead effectively, and that senior engineers should deliberately practice without AI to preserve the judgment that makes them valuable.
