Leadership Insights
Practical wisdom and reflections from decades of engineering leadership experience
Orchestrating LLMs & Agents Across Your SDLC
Master the strategic framework for deploying AI agents at each phase of development to achieve 10x productivity gains.
Howard Ekundayo
September 5, 2025
Africa's AI Infrastructure Revolution: A Strategic Framework for Emerging Markets
The Huang-Masiyiwa partnership reveals how emerging markets can build AI sovereignty through infrastructure-first strategies rather than competing directly in frontier model development.
Howard Ekundayo
July 8, 2025
The Executive Builder: Redefining Tech Leadership in an AI-First World
As AI transforms productivity and organizational structures, a new leadership archetype emerges that combines strategic business acumen with hands-on technical execution capabilities.
Howard Ekundayo
June 28, 2025
Google's AI Mode: The Search Transformation Reshaping Digital Commerce
Drawing from my experience leading search teams at Google and ChatGPT architecture at OpenAI, I reveal how AI Mode fundamentally transforms search economics while creating unexpected strategic opportunities.
Howard Ekundayo
May 28, 2025
The Talent Revolution: Strategic Framework for AI Agent Marketplaces
A strategic analysis of how AI agent marketplaces like Agent Talent are creating entirely new paradigms for knowledge work, with implementation considerations for engineering and product leaders.
Howard Ekundayo
May 15, 2025
LLM-Powered Advertising Platforms: Strategic Architecture for 2025
An analysis of how large language models are fundamentally transforming advertising infrastructure, driving strategic shifts in platform architecture, creative optimization, and monetization models.
Howard Ekundayo
May 10, 2025
Dual-Stack Engineering Organizations: Navigating the AI Era
A strategic framework for restructuring engineering teams to balance AI acceleration with sustainable development practices.
Howard Ekundayo
April 26, 2025
Beyond Model Performance: Enterprise AI Success
While technical capabilities grab headlines, Fortune 100 companies that successfully implement enterprise AI focus on governance frameworks, organizational structures, and strategic measurement approaches that deliver sustainable competitive advantage.
Howard Ekundayo
April 23, 2025
The Death of Traditional SEO: Navigating the AI-First Content Revolution
An analysis of how AI is fundamentally transforming search and content discovery from traditional SEO to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), with strategic recommendations for businesses navigating this shift.
Howard Ekundayo
March 17, 2025
Strategic Considerations When Joining Frontier AI Companies
Insights from my experience at OpenAI on evaluating opportunities at leading AI labs and what engineering leaders should consider before making the leap.
Howard Ekundayo
February 18, 2025
Leadership Lessons from the AI Frontier: My OpenAI Experience
Key insights and hard-won wisdom from leading engineering teams at one of the world's most innovative AI organizations.
Howard Ekundayo
January 16, 2025
13 Leadership Tenets From My 15-Year Tech Journey
Essential principles I've developed while building products and leading teams at Goldman Sachs, Google, Netflix, OpenAI and beyond.
Howard Ekundayo
November 2, 2024