Why Does AI Make Me Busier? What a WIP Limit Fixes
AI made starting free. Finishing still runs through one person: you. Here is what a WIP limit is, how to pick your number, what to do when it is full, and how to test it for 14 days.
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What Goes in a Team Working Agreement for AI? A Template for Rules, Guardrails and Human Checkpoints
A prompt is disposable. A rule compounds. Here is the five-part template for a team working agreement for AI, where the human checkpoints go, and how to write version one in an hour.
What Should You Automate With AI? A 4-Question Filter Before You Delegate
Your backlog is a queue of unmade decisions, not a to-do list. Here is the 4-question LEAF filter to run before you hand anything to AI, plus the guardrails for what survives.
What Is Sustainable Productivity? A Human Definition for the AI Era
Sustainable productivity is doing meaningful work at a pace you can keep for years. Here is the definition, the LEAF filter, the 4 TSP Power-ups and a 14-day experiment to start.
The Chronotype Audit: Why 65% of You Are Scheduling Like the Wrong Species
What if the reason your 5 a.m. routine failed wasn’t lack of discipline, but biology? This article reveals why 65% of people are “Third Birds” whose cognitive peak hits mid-morning, not at dawn. Drawing on Daniel Pink’s research, it maps the three chronotypes (Larks, Third Birds, Owls), ex
The April Experiment: What I Learned Going Slower in an AI World Telling Me to Speed Up
The April Experiment is a 30‑day slow productivity lab in the middle of an AI boom that keeps telling us to move faster. Instead of adding more tools, I cut my AI stack from eleven to three, rebuilt my weeks around deep work, and used the F.A.K.E. Framework to delete the “AI made it easy”
The 3-Tool Rule: How I Reduced My AI Stack and Doubled My Focus
Six months ago, I was running 11 AI tools at once; and drowning in them. BCG research on 1,488 workers confirms it’s not just me: productivity peaks at 2–3 tools and drops sharply at 4 or more. In this article, I share how I cut my AI stack down to 3, the F.A.K.E. Framework I used to filte
AI Brain Fry: Why the People Using AI the Most Are the Most Burned Out
AI was supposed to make work lighter, yet the people using it the most are hitting a new kind of burnout: AI brain fry. This article breaks down the 4-phase mechanism behind AI burnout, why productivity peaks at just three tools, and how the F.A.K.E. Framework (Focus · Alignment · Knowledg
The Antidote to AI Velocity: Why Human Presence is the 2026 Productivity Premium
In a world where AI can ship code, content, and campaigns faster than your nervous system can blink, velocity is no longer your edge, it’s your trap. This article shows how “AI Velocity” silently creates communication debt, cognitive overload, and burnout, and why the real 2026 productivit
Valentine’s Special: Why NVC is the Best Gift for Your Productivity
The most expensive distraction in your home office isn’t Netflix or your phone, it’s the unresolved tension you carry from your living room into your laptop screen. This Valentine’s, instead of defaulting to chocolates or flowers, discover how Non‑Violent Communication (NVC) can turn domes