05/12/2026
Had a great conversation during our AI bootcamp recently. Someone asked how I get my AI agents to actually produce useful work. My answer? The same way I have managed construction projects for nearly 40 years.
Think about it — you would never hand one superintendent every trade on a major project and expect quality. So why would you hand one AI tool your entire brain and expect it to keep up?
I wrote a new article about how I structure my AI workflows the same way I would structure a job site: parent agents that coordinate, specialized agents that execute, and quality checkpoints at every handoff. The tools are new, but the principles are as old as the industry itself.
If you have ever managed a project, a crew, or a team — you already have the skills to make AI work for you. You just need to think about it differently.
Check it out:
The same management principles that make a construction project succeed — clear delegation, defined roles, accountability checkpoints — are exactly what make AI tools produce useful output.
