Drive
HIRING PRIORITY #1
Any complex problem can be broken down with AI, so technical expertise matters less. Relentless effort and drive compound with exponentially improving tooling.
AI-First Organization
Mike's Strategic Framework for Hiring an AI Team in an Organization
Taste
HIRING PRIORITY #2
Understanding how people think and designing effective solutions is hard to teach. That instinct—what the industry calls 'taste'—accelerates execution, and while drive helps, having it is a major advantage.
AI Experience
HIRING PRIORITY #3
Anyone can now develop AI with AI, which is why this comes third. Still, intuition about foundations, priors, and where the field is moving is a powerful edge.
Raw Intelligence / Social Skills
HIRING PRIORITY #4
Mental bandwidth and strong communication make the work sharper. AI lets drive offset gaps, but without these skills you are constantly catching up and time is limited.
- Use AI Agents to ochestrate all acitivites, meetings, and processes of the team
- All ideas are weighted equally for transparent and effective work - flat hierarchy
- Team tests and refines AI practices before recommending or executing any across the department
- Mike remains the AI team's lead and point of contact, reponsible for all outcomes, only as long as he remains the best at the role