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Upskilling Your Engineering Team for AI: A Practical Plan for CTOs
Adoption & change24 June 2026

Upskilling Your Engineering Team for AI: A Practical Plan for CTOs

Most engineering teams can integrate an API — far fewer are ready to build production AI systems that are observable, compliant, and resilient. This post gives CTOs a concrete plan: how to map current capabilities, build tiered learning paths, design hands-on projects, and decide when to train versus hire.

10 min readChris Kerr
AI Code Generation: What It Can and Can't Do for Your Team
Adoption & change23 May 2026

AI Code Generation: What It Can and Can't Do for Your Team

AI code generation tools can boost developer productivity for routine tasks, but they require careful adoption with proper review processes. Understanding their capabilities and limitations is crucial for safe, effective implementation.

8 min readChris Kerr
AI-Powered Code Generation: What It Can and Can't Do
Adoption & change6 May 2026

AI-Powered Code Generation: What It Can and Can't Do

AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot promise faster development but introduce new security and quality risks. Here's what engineering leaders need to know about safe adoption.

6 min readChris Kerr
AI Onboarding: How to Introduce Users to AI-Powered Features
Adoption & change30 Apr 2026

AI Onboarding: How to Introduce Users to AI-Powered Features

AI feature adoption fails more often from poor onboarding than poor technology. Users need structured introduction to AI capabilities through progressive disclosure, transparency, and realistic expectation setting to drive genuine adoption.

7 min readChris Kerr
Building a Technology Team from Scratch: A Founder's Guide
Adoption & change23 Apr 2026

Building a Technology Team from Scratch: A Founder's Guide

Building your first technology team is critical for startup success. This guide covers hiring sequence, team structure, build vs outsource decisions, and establishing the right culture from day one.

8 min readChris Kerr
AI UX Design: How to Design Interfaces That Users Actually Trust
Adoption & change29 Mar 2026

AI UX Design: How to Design Interfaces That Users Actually Trust

AI UX design requires fundamentally different approaches than traditional software interfaces. Learn how to build user trust through confidence indicators, transparency, and seamless human-AI collaboration workflows.

9 min readChris Kerr