A.I.
So... what happens next?
Don't ask the AI boosters. Or the doomers. Can someone else help me understand?
📝 Writing
This is where most of the writing lives. 650+ posts since 2016 - some about learning and creative work, some about whatever I couldn't let go of that week. A restaurant that changed fine dining, a Nintendo executive who saved the company, a Gmail interface for leaked documents...
Learning Innovation
Don't Interrupt the Game
Two cultures. Same century. Same invention. Both driven by gamblers who refused to stop playing.
Future Of Work
Futsal
Brazil's reputation for producing incredible footballers isn't just climate or culture. It's a smaller pitch and a ball that doesn't bounce.
Groove Theory
Groove Theory #19 - Three Sets of Spiders and a Purple Foam Hand
What London 2012's experience designer knew about the moments you can't script.
Howard's Riffs
The Meta Post
What Claude Code saw after reviewing dozens of my blog posts. TL;DR: A lot.
Future Of Work
The Return of Oral Culture
Speech is becoming the skill that matters. What do we need to get better at?
A.I.
My A.I stack - February, 2026
Tools come and go. Here's where I've landed on the AI stack - for now.
Mindsets & Growth
It’s not their fault
Most feedback feels useless. But that's not on them - it's on us to extract what they really mean.
Creative Business
There is no Goose
There's a lot of Clay Davis energy in AI right now. People selling the golden goose. But real results come from the unglamorous work nobody wants to talk about.
Groove Theory
Groove Theory #18 - Does Grand Theft Auto’s sewer system go anywhere?
Why 1.3m people watch a man examine video game drainage systems.
A.I.
Notes on Claude Code
Reflections on six weeks on the Max plan
Learning Innovation
Three types of tough crowd
"Tough crowd."
You've heard someone say this after a gig, a presentation, a workshop. But there&
Howard's Riffs
A Quiet Way to Know Someone
On receiving a book someone's already read
Groove Theory
Groove Theory #17 - Directing Robert Pattinson by Text Message
A rush-hour subway, a hidden camera, and commuters who had no idea they were extras
Creative Business
How to run a retrospective that actually works
Six months after a project you can barely remember what you learned. Here's a one-hour framework that fixes that - using conversation, transcription, and AI to capture the insights that usually vanish.
Groove Theory
Groove Theory #16 - The Beautiful Map Nobody Wanted
What Massimo Vignelli learned when elegance wasn't enough
Learning Innovation
Mike Tyson and the accidental punch
The other week I dropped a Mike Tyson quote into a session on adaptive leadership. Didn't think much
Learning, Education & Growth
The thing about teaching A.I. skills
Why most people have it backwards