# Writings

Canonical: https://polyviam.com/writings/
Description: Essays and short articles for CEOs, CMOs, and CPOs navigating the strategic and operational consequences of AI.


Essays and short articles for CEOs, CMOs, and CPOs navigating the strategic and operational consequences of AI.

## [The Product Trio Doesn't Need to Exist Anymore](/writings/product-trio-doesnt-need-to-exist-anymore/)

23 July 2026 · AI

AI turns three deep specialists into one wide operator, backed by specialists who polish the last 20%. Here's the Initiative-Owner model, and why the trio doesn't survive it.

## [The AI Eloquence Trap](/writings/ai-eloquence-trap/)

22 July 2026 · AI

AI is getting better at sounding right faster than it's getting better at being right. Here's why fluency fools us, and four defences against it.

## [Good Coach, Feel-Good Coach](/writings/good-coach-feel-good-coach/)

13 July 2026 · COACHING

Good executive coaches do more than create space. They bring judgement, challenge, intervention and accountability to improve business outcomes.

## [Good Strategist, Bad Strategist](/writings/good-strategist-bad-strategist/)

8 July 2026 · STRATEGY

Good strategists make the hard trade-off visible, own the bet, and keep the parts coherent. Bad strategists hedge every edge away.

## [Why generic software development agencies are failing in 2026, and who's thriving instead](/writings/why-software-agencies-are-failing/)

2 July 2026 · STRATEGY

Generic software development agencies are failing in 2026 because AI hollowed out the commodity tier. Specialist firms with clear differentiation are thriving instead.