Why cultivating agency matters more than cultivating skills in the AI era | Max Schoening (Head of Product, Notion)
Max Schoening, head of product at Notion and a veteran product leader from GitHub and Heroku, argues that the most important shift in the AI era isn't just technical—it's psychological. The key differentiator is agency: the belief that you can change the world around you, not just adapt to
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