Recruitment
Don't hire until you absolutely need to. Always be recruiting.
Context
Problems
How quickly will AI agents replace humans and traditional roles?
Process
Make sure you know why you are recruiting if the workload is actually because you are firefighting your need focus on process first. Because, if you recruit without having well documented and optimised processes in place, all you will end up doing is adding fuel to the fire.
Evaluation
- Character wins over talent
- Always be recruiting
- Only hire when you absolutley need to
- Recruit people that have a growth mindset
- Use contractors to learn
Contractors
Use contractors to produce quality outcomes faster and more cost effectively. Learning as much as you can from their process so you can take more work on internally for subequent work. Recruiting contracted talent:
- Clarity of instruction of desired outcomes
- Preparation: have things ready so they can be done quickly
- Get the to document their process in the agreement terms.
Recruiters
Tech Stack
What are best of breed tools that match jobs to be done?
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Links
Questions
What is the most important question this topic raises that current discourse tends to avoid or understate?
- Which assumption in the standard framing of this topic is most likely to be wrong in a 5-year horizon?
- How does the DePIN or agent-native lens change what matters most about this topic?
- Which first principle, if violated, would make the analysis of this topic fundamentally incorrect?