For ICs:

• Identify as a problem-solver: not an engineer / designer / pm.


• Make AI your constant collaborator: experiment, experiment, experiment with doing things you would have previously relied on a teammate for. Experiment with doing whatever you know how to do well even faster.


• Just do it: try stuff out, don’t wait around for permission.

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At the heart of agency lies a willingness to question defaults. To be agentic, you have to treat “how things are supposed to be done” as just one option among many.

I’ve come to believe that agency — the ability to start, decide, act, adapt, and follow through — is rising in importance as AI continues to spread. We’re used to seeing raw intelligence as the ultimate advantage, but something is shifting. Intelligence is now everywhere. It’s on tap. It’s no longer scarce. The rare thing now is the ability and... See more