Moving Average Inc.

AI Strategy & Technology Leadership

Fixing Hidden Tech Misalignment, Unlocking Growth

Managing a Workforce of Humans and AI Agents

Job descriptions, onboarding, guardrails, feedback loops — it's the same discipline, applied to a different kind of worker

Managing AI agents takes the same organizational thinking as managing humans. Lessons from a MicroConf roundtable on the cybernetic org..

Where AI Quietly Goes Wrong in Small Companies

Four hidden risks small companies hit when they use AI without a plan — and the simple postures that catch them

Four hidden risks when small companies use AI: confidently wrong math, IP leaks in Copilot, shadow AI in tools you already pay for, and the policy trap..

How to Deploy AI in Your Company: A Tactical Guide

A 12-week playbook for CEOs rolling out generative AI for the first time

A tactical 12-week playbook for deploying AI: which tools to buy, policies to publish, how to train your team, and how to measure results..

Shadow AI: The Tools Your Team Uses Without You

When employees go rogue with AI and enterprise vendors add it without asking

Employees dodge AI governance on personal devices. Enterprise vendors add AI silently. How to find shadow usage and make it safe..

AI Tools and Trade Secrets: What Your Team Doesn't Know

Where AI automates brilliantly, where it writes sloppy code, and what it's quietly leaking

Free AI tools can destroy your trade secret protection. A roundtable on where AI works (sales automation), where it fails (code architecture), and what it's quietly leaking..

The AI People Problem: Hiring, Training, and Overcoming Resistance

Most AI rollouts fail because of culture, not technology

Most AI rollouts fail because of culture, not technology. How to hire for AI skills, train your team, overcome resistance, and govern IP risk..

Close the AI Feedback Loop: Lessons From the Roundtable

Why the founders getting the most from AI aren't better prompters — they're better at teaching their tools

Stop copy-pasting AI output. Invest in instructions files, close the feedback loop, and let every session teach the next one. Lessons from AI Roundtable 2..

AI in the Revenue Loop: What's Actually Working

Lessons from a founder roundtable on deploying AI where it actually makes money

SaaS founders share what's actually working: AI SDRs booking meetings, narrow agents reducing churn, and practical lessons on hiring in the AI era..

Protect Your IP When Employees Use AI: A Leadership Guide

Trade secrets, copyright tracking, and practical steps to protect your intellectual property in the age of AI

How do companies protect IP when employees use generative AI? Trade secrets, copyright tracking, and a practical checklist for leadership teams..

AI Work Made for Hire: Who Owns AI-Generated Content?

What founders need to know about protecting AI-generated intellectual property

Work-made-for-hire doesn't cover AI-generated content. What U.S. copyright, patent, and trade secret law says — and the IP policy your company needs..

How to Adopt AI Internally: A Framework for Leaders

A practical framework for using AI tools without drowning in infrastructure

Delegate to foundation models, measure ruthlessly, and skip expensive AI infrastructure. A practical framework for leaders..

The Real AI Advantage Isn't in Your Product

The AI advantage your larger competitors will be slowest to capture

While incumbents debate AI risk in boardrooms, you can use it to run a five-person team like a twenty-person team. The real opportunity isn't AI in your product—it's AI in your sales, marketing, and ops..

Professional Microphone Setups for Video Interviews

How to capture (nearly) professional audio in field interviews for about $200

A portable gear guide for capturing great audio in noisy environments..

Vibes at the AI Engineer World's Fair

A snapshot of the hallway track at the 2024 AI Engineer World's Fair

Hallway-track interviews from the 2024 AI Engineer World's Fair — covering AI tooling, developer workflows, and the business impact of foundation models..

A B2B SaaS Summary of the AI Engineer World's Fair 2024

A practical perspective on how AI is applied in a business context

The 2024 AI Engineer World's Fair highlighted impressive AI tools for developers. Current practical applications include RAG-based customer service tools and AI-driven market research platforms. More opportunity lies in creating tools that enhance business processes..

Executive Physicals for Founders

An Enjoyable and Effective Approach to CEO Health

Founders work hard, but let's be real. We usually don't play or eat healthy hard. An executive physical can help us build a foundation of health in our lives..

Mr. Altman Goes to Washington

The anticompetitive call for AI licensing and censorship

Sam Altman recently appeared before Congress to discuss AI. During his appearance, he requested licensing and other regulations for AI developers like OpenAI (his company). Many engineers have mixed feelings about this request..

When Agile is Not Enough

Improving performance through leadership

Agile works, but only with a solid foundation. Without the right people and good leadership, you're building software on quicksand..

iOS BLE Integration: Ship Hardware Products Faster

Best Practices for Integrating Bluetooth Peripherals with iOS Apps

Practical techniques for iOS-BLE system integration, firmware coordination, and getting Bluetooth hardware to market on time. From 25 years in IoT..

Guide to iOS Development Processes

Best Practices for iOS App Software Development

How can you improve efficiency, reduce bugs, and have more control over the development of an iOS app? This guide walks you through designing a collaborative iOS app development process..