Newsletter – Steady

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.1.1

Humans in the loop, design leadership in the AI era, OKR theatre, and AI reality vs. hype for programming.

Hybrid work in 2025, Pentagram leans into AI, all of the Steady product updates in 2024, and the state of AI coding codependence.

Meetings as art, embracing change in UX, banking tech talent, and managing high performers.

The "great detachment", taking design queues from engineers, egoless engineering, and managing for "speed-to-value."

The 80/80 rule of software projects, sprint completion mythology, working less at a FAANG, and ditching product carousels.

The first virtual meeting, writing stories to underpin design, mentoring people to outgrow you, and product updates from Steady.

Eliminating "process debt", product management for unpredictable SaaS, handling product tours with active users, and the "carefulness knob."

The Gen Z issue: managing, designing, and inserting AI in product development for Gen Z.

Coordination tax relief, distrust through sneaky design, breaking team knowledge silos, and AI relief for awful jobs.

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