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AI’s Big Payoff Is Coordination, Not Automation (AKA Stop Building Faster Rowboats and Start Building a Port)

AI’s Big Payoff Is Coordination, Not Automation (AKA Stop Building Faster Rowboats and Start Building a Port)

Eric Neuman
Published on: 06/04/2026

HBR is right: the big money in AI is not automation. It is coordination. Automation makes one person faster. Coordination makes the whole system stop being dumb. And systems-level dumbness is where most of the waste lives. Instead of “another place to do work,” Dotted becomes the layer that keeps decisions, owners, deadlines, and dependencies coherent across email, chat, docs, and ticketing.

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On MoltBook's Acquisition

On MoltBook's Acquisition

Eric Neuman
Published on: 12/03/2026

Meta’s acquisition of Moltbook shows how fast the agent ecosystem is evolving. Most people still haven’t touched AI, while a small group is already getting leverage from agents. Here’s why the future belongs to powerful agents inside trusted SaaS.

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How to Stop Chasing Updates (And Get Them Automatically Instead)

How to Stop Chasing Updates (And Get Them Automatically Instead)

Eric Neuman
Published on: 09/02/2026

Every Thursday at 3pm, I sent the same email:

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The Chief of Staff Tech Stack: Essential Tools for 2026

The Chief of Staff Tech Stack: Essential Tools for 2026

Eric Neuman
Published on: 26/01/2026

When I started as Chief of Staff at my first startup, the CEO handed me a laptop and said: "Figure out how to keep this place running."

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