Fumin Yang

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

@wmataGM @wmata While there are still occasional issues, the overall performance has improved significantly, keep up the great work!!

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

😆😆😆

[DutchKafir 🇳🇱 @DutchKafir]

Mijns inziens is dit een van de beste use cases voor AI-videocontent op dit moment. Een AI-influencer reist terug in de tijd naar 1536 om te vloggen over haar ervaringen in Tudor-Londen.

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

😂😂😂

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

McKinsey literally breaks down how to ship agentic AI that works

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

Less than a month ago I published part 1 of my essential reading series, and it’s already my 9th most popular post of all time. There’s a growing need for curated, thoughtful content as an antidote to the endless slop filling our feeds and inboxes.

To continue building the highest-signal-to-noise library for product builders, I’ve picked 10 additional timeless reads that you probably haven’t read but should. The pieces below cover a wide spectrum of advice around growth, leadership, communication, entrepreneurship, and more.

I’m not including books here—that list is yet to come. If you have suggestions for essays I’m still sleeping on, please share them in the comments.

List below 👇

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

@carlvellotti lol… look at the bright side: significant leadership alignment, reduced needs for customer research, improved work life balance for the PM 😆

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

This is cool, wish more companies adopt this approach.

[Peter Yang @petergyang]

Shopify is building a crafter's paradise where:

- ICs can make more than managers
- Employees advance by mastering their craft
- People who "give a sh*t" are rewarded

I've been dying to see how it all works ever since they dropped the video below.

I finally got an inside look at Shopify's talent OS from @sjgreggwallace (VP Talent) and it's wilder than you think.

📌 Sign up to get our full interview tmr: https://t.co/Ggqaa3Etcr

[Oli London @OliLondonTV]

🇬🇧🏃Man runs 26.2 miles dressed as Big Ben for the London Marathon but gets his costume stuck on the finish line.

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

This is the way to go 😆 save money, reuse plastic!

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

The Midwest urge to use left over grocery bags as trash liners

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

@treeinthewall @Dulles_Airport @united Sorry, to clarify, I was hoping for @united IAD <> PEK :)

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

The beef between two airports is amazing 😂

[Dulles Airport (IAD) @Dulles_Airport]

Because, unlike Florida, we have multiple seasons. Hope this helps

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Here’s your roadmap to PM success (worth more than $246K MBA):

[Secretary Pete Buttigieg @SecretaryPete]

Philadelphia’s Chinatown has been the heartbeat of the Asian-American community for 150 years—but was physically divided by construction of the Vine Street Expressway. Our administration is helping reconnect this community with funding for a new highway cap and a public park.

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

@lennysan This is part of PM job should be expected in most enterprises, but if its really the “entire” job, then it’s time to go elsewhere IMO.

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

@flightradar24 This is what you call travel back in time!!

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

@united Would love to see @united brings back IAD to PEK route soon 🙏

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

@united @Dulles_Airport Yes!! I look forward to flying out of the new terminal soon! ✈️

[Fumin Yang @fuminyang1]

@RevelateursFTV @operadeparis @BalletOParis Yes, of course, please @RevelateursFTV