What are you choosing to NOT give to your AI?
That answer tells me more about your business than anything you're building with it.
Everyone's automating the same things at the same time. The parts you keep human, on purpose, are the only differentiation left.
Yes, that's my Daihatsu Hijet riding on a trailer behind a real truck. Fails every spec that matters, still the most noticed vehicle in Guelph. I wrote about why that's the point back when the question was competitors, not AI: shiftmode.com/different
Hey #Guelph peeps, I'm hosting a free pop-up @coworking event next Wed at @RoyalCityBrew , register here, luma.com/qlpl6pyn
Your company's last great idea was killed by an opinion, not facts.
"That won't work because..." "We tried that before..." "The VP will never approve..."
Don't debate hypotheticals. Say: "Let's gather real data."
@forkyourcompany
You poured your heart into that solution. But like every relationship, it will fail...except maybe your last one.
Total commitment creates blind spots. "That's how we've always done it" lurks everywhere.
Stay humble enough to know it's not your final one. @forkyourcompany
The moment the babysitter arrives and parents can finally have an adult conversation. That's what #AI offers your company – space to think, create, and be more human.
Time to @forkyourcompany
Brydon retweeted
Burn the Playbook. Build the future. medium.com/builders-club/bur…
You killed your best idea this week, and nobody noticed.
That fix everyone needs? You almost spoke up.
Then reality hit. The meetings. The approvals. The resistance.
So you stayed silent. How many ideas have you buried this month alone?
@forkyourcompany
Hackathon day: Energy soars. Ideas flow. Rules break.
Monday: Back to "normal."
What if you @forkyourcompany ? No more hackathons...not because you don't need them, but because you're doing them continuously.
Innovation isn't a special event. It's your everyday reality.
Every day, employees wait for permission to lead while leaders beg for initiative.
The irony would be comical if it wasn't so frustrating.
Leadership isn't a title. It's a choice you make daily.
Meaning awaits you. @forkyourcompany
forkyourcompany.com/p/leader…
Every day, talented people quit companies they love because they feel powerless to create change.
In the same way a home-cooked meal tastes better because you put your hands to it, companies are better when we all truly touch them.
Time to @forkyourcompany
When senior approval is required for every improvement, your company can only grow to the size that fits inside the brains of 5% of your people.
Is your risk management approach actually your biggest risk?
Time to @forkyourcompany !
Let's be honest. What was your strategy 1, 2 or 3 years ago?
Did it succeed or stumble through organizational 'broken telephone'?
Great strategy is tablestakes. But strategy without execution is just expensive dreaming.
This is you should @forkyourcompany
#Innovation
Brydon retweeted
We don’t just need more events.
We need more small events, happening more often.
Big events have their place — they inspire, they showcase, they gather the crowd.
But what actually holds an ecosystem together?
It’s the small rooms.
The coffee chats, the founder dinners, the awkward first meetups, the builder-led gatherings.
The places where trust is built, not just LinkedIn connections.
The instinct to scale too fast — to make every event bigger, safer, shinier — often breaks the very thing that makes it work.
If we want a stronger community, we need more small rooms, more often, and without apology.
Accountability without the power to change = just blame.
Give people closest to problems the power to test solutions.
Small changes. Real impact. No committees.
That's how you @forkyourcompany .
Our next IRL pop-up Coworking day is Wed March 19th, join our email list at threefortynine.com/ for your invite!
@cityofguelph @GuelphToday @GuelphChamber @threefortynine
Community matters, more today than ever.
If you're in #Guelph next week, take a chance and work with some people IRL for the day.
We'll be at @RoyalCityBrew , come by for coffee, lunch or end of day pint or all of it.
Join our email list at threefortynine.com for invite.
Brydon retweeted
The cracks in Canada’s tech scene aren’t new. Founders have struggled to raise early capital for years. Talent has been leaving for better opportunities long before the latest policies made it worse. The system isn’t designed for builders—but that’s not an excuse to wait. Builders don’t wait. They create. They solve problems, build revenue, and grow despite the cracks. The only way forward is to act. Let’s build. buff.ly/3E6YNns
