Long live the AI Manifesto.
It’s been nearly 18 months since Tobi Lütke’s AI manifesto came out and made the rounds.
I remember a stretch when a number of high-profile tech CEOs published theirs. Aaron Levie was one. There were a few others.
A year and a half later, it turns out those documents were not just PR - At Legible, we are finding that AI manifestors are incredibly valuable for companies to write, not just at the org level, but at the departmental level as well.
An AI manifesto does not have to be a pound-your-fists-on-the-table kind of thing. It can be a blueprint of where the company needs to be in 6, 12, or 18 months.
What are the kinds of behaviors the team will be measured on?
What are the workflows that should run themselves?
What are the tools that need to be learned?
What are the competencies and fluency levels required?
What sort of improvement needs to be seen?
We’re seeing a lot of our clients at Legible invest in putting these North Star documents out there. They typically come from the leader of the company, or the leader of the functional team. They serve as a vision statement for where the team has to get to.
We think they’re immensely helpful to have in place. Before you jump into automation work, or even shared-brain work, it’s helpful to know where you’re trying to get to.
The tools you want to pick.
The workflows you want to prioritize.
The training you want to buy.
The areas where you need help.
If your team hasn’t done some sort of AI manifesto yet, I strongly recommend you go through the process. It will be a clarifying lens on everything you try to do in the domain of AI.