“‘embedded auditors that are inside and make judgments about, oh, is this actually a safety team or is this like a capabilities team disguised as a safety team’”
“We have a phrase on the team, we talk about what's almost possible. When one crosses over, it's like a phase shift ... we try to get a team around that and just go.”
Josh Woodward · Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Why every company now needs to think and operate like a lab team | Josh Woodward (Google Labs, Gemini, AI Studio)
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maintain a running list of "almost possible" capabilities and watch for when a capability crosses from impossible to possible, then quickly assemble a small team to explore it
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“We quickly realized that we need to start doing a division of duties of knowledge and capabilities and responsibilities. I'm more technical... he's more documentation and design and compliance focused”
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