waseem

Delegate, don't abdicate

There is a big difference between delegating responsibility and abdicating responsibility. While you want to give new hires ownership and agency, you are still ultimately accountable for everything the business does; you must stay close enough to the details to understand if the work is succeeding or if you need to intervene.

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🎙️ This week on How I AI: 5 OpenClaw agents run my home, finances, and code & How Coinbase scaled AI to 1,000+ engineers

Treat your AI agent like a new hire, not an extension of yourself. Jesse’s entire agent management philosophy comes from her experience hiring employees. She gives agents their own identities, separate data access, and communication channels—never full access to her email or accounts. Progressive trust is the model: start limited, expand as the agent proves reliable.