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The AI Native Dev - from Copilot today to AI Native Software Development tomorrowAI's Transformative Impact on Development with Alex KomorskeIn this episode, Alex Komoroske delves into the transformative role of AI in the tech industry. As an expert in web platform development, Alex discusses AI's potential to redefine technology and creativity. Gain insights into how AI serves as a disruptive innovation and explore its implications for developers.Subscribe to the AI Native Developer podcast for more insights on AI and development!Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/utzvGealvrEJoin the AI Native Dev Community on Discord: https://tessl.co/4ghikjhAsk us questions: podcast@tessl.io2025-04-0931 min
Work For HumansWho Owns the Experience of Work? Managers as Product Managers | Alex KomoroskeThis is the third in a series of episodes with world-leading product management experts about how we might build product management best practices into team leadership. Alex Komoroske spent years as either a Product Manager or Director of Product Management for platforms that most of us use every day: Chrome, Google Maps, Google Earth, and others. He then went on to lead corporate strategy at Stripe, another platform \most of us use every day. While at Google, Alex wrote an internal how-to called “Practical PM Stuff” that many Google PMs referred to as the Product Managers Bible. It cover...2025-03-1157 min
The Orthogonal BetAlex Komoroske on How to Navigate Complexity Within a Large OrganizationsIn this episode, host Samuel Arbesman Sam speaks with Alex Komoroske, a master of systems thinking. Alex is the CEO and co-founder of a startup building at the intersection of AI, privacy, and open-endedness. Previously, he served as the Head of Corporate Strategy at Stripe, and before that, spent many years at Google, where he worked on the Chrome web platform, ambient computing strategy, Google Maps, Google Earth, and more.The throughline for Alex is his focus on complex systems, which are everywhere: from the Internet to biology, from the organizations we build to society as a whole. T...2025-02-1542 min
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Growth | CareerThinking like a gardener not a builder, organizing teams like slime mold, the adjacent possible, and other unconventional product advice | Alex Komoroske (Stripe, Google)Alex Komoroske is a strategic leader who merges the practice, theory, and mindset necessary to tackle complex problems. He spent 13 years at Google, where he worked on Search and DoubleClick and led Chrome’s Open Web Platform. He also spearheaded Augmented Reality in Google Maps and developed toolkits to align companywide strategy from the ground up. After serving as Head of Corporate Strategy at Stripe, he is now co-founding a startup aimed at reimagining the web for the AI era. Alex created the popular “Slime Molds” deck, which offers fresh insights into organizational dynamics. He is also the author of the...2024-10-031h 24
RiskgamingThe Orthogonal Bet: How to Navigate Complexity Within a Large OrganizationWelcome to The Orthogonal Bet, an ongoing mini-series that explores the unconventional ideas and delightful patterns that shape our world. Hosted by Samuel Arbesman.
In this episode, Sam speaks with Alex Komoroske, a master of systems thinking. Alex is the CEO and co-founder of a startup building at the intersection of AI, privacy, and open-endedness. Previously, he served as the Head of Corporate Strategy at Stripe, and before that, spent many years at Google, where he worked on the Chrome web platform, ambient computing strategy, Google Maps, Google Earth, and more.
The throughline for Alex is his focus on complex systems, which ar...2024-09-1243 min
🧠 _#077 Alex Komoroske: Systems Thinking, Builders vs Gardeners, and Working In Large Organizations Podcast: Smart Friends (LS 43 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: #077 Alex Komoroske: Systems Thinking, Builders vs Gardeners, and Working In Large OrganizationsPub date: 2024-07-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationTopics:(00:00:00) - Intro(00:03:52) - The Gardener of Systems(00:07:43) - Builders vs. Gardeners(00:11:09) - Who are the best farmers of miracles?(00:16:52) - How did you become a “systems” person?(00:23:45) - What does Systems Thinking look like for you?(00:53:09) - Alex’s Slime Mol...2024-07-201h 20
Smart FriendsAlex Komoroske: Systems Thinking, Builders vs Gardeners, and Working In Large OrganizationsTopics:(00:00:00) - Intro(00:03:52) - The Gardener of Systems(00:07:43) - Builders vs. Gardeners(00:11:09) - Who are the best farmers of miracles?(00:16:52) - How did you become a “systems” person?(00:23:45) - What does Systems Thinking look like for you?(00:53:09) - Alex’s Slime Mold deck(00:55:12) - The iterative, adjacent possible(00:59:53) - Alex’s experience at Google(01:03:12) - AI uses and potentials(01:17:54) - Book recommendationsLinks:Alex’s websiteAlex on XAl...2024-07-181h 20
Boundaryless Conversations Podcast#104 - Season 5 Wrap-Up: Thinking and Doing Inside and Beyond the PlatformWe reviewed all the 20 episodes from Season 5, and shared some much needed look back and key highlights.
While the learnings are an abundant treasure trove, we handpicked a few and categorized them into 4 sections:
Dystopian aspects of current socio-technological trends with Sangeet Paul Choudary, James Currier, John Robb and Jeremiah Owyang
Visions that resist the dominance of powerful technological forces with Alex Komoroske, Kelly Sarabyn and Scott Brinker, Jesse Walden , Jason Fried and Arvind Gupta
Doctrine and organizing for a multiplicity of teams and products with Craig Strong, Teresa Torres, Charles Betz, Susanne Kaiser and Cliff Be...2024-07-1523 min
Infinite LoopsAlex Komoroske — Complex Adaptivity All The Way Down (EP. 208)Alex Komoroske has spent his career studying, writing about, and working in complex adaptive systems. He has published multiple essays on topics like Schelling points in organizations, why debate should be collaborative, and how to ensure resilient growth in harsh environments. Alex has also worked as a product manager and in corporate strategy at Google and Stripe. Alex joins the show to discuss how to escape busyness, why heroism is overrated, the different types of magic, and MUCH more! Important Links: Alex’s Website Alex’s Twitter Alex’s LinkedIn Show Notes: The Pa...2024-03-211h 26
Boundaryless Conversations Podcast#84 Gardening Platforms and the Future of Open Ecosystems with Alex KomoroskeIn our first episode this season, we dive into the world of open platforms and the future of organizing. With his thought-provoking presentation of “Gardening Platforms,” our guest Alex Komoroske helps create a shift in mindset towards a more achievable and sustainable approach in creating impactful technology solutions. We explore his key learnings from leading products at Google Chrome and how he continues to implement these in his own journey today. Touching on questions of morality, control, and designing for the nefarious users, there’s so much Alex offers in this podcast, and we hope you take from it as muc...2023-10-031h 03Work For HumansThe Platform Business Model: Creating Ecosystems for Value Exchange | Alex KomoroskePlatform businesses like Uber, Etsy, and Airbnb bring together customers who have complementary needs to a place where they can exchange value with one another. But a thriving platform can't be forced into existence. It must be cultivated like a garden. From ensuring fairness and trust, balancing innovation with regulation, and curating rights to intellectual property, these businesses must orchestrate a living system. Today we are joined by Alex Komoroski. Alex is an expert in platform businesses with over a decade of hands-on experience as a leader and product manager, designing some of the most influential platforms...2023-05-0253 min
Clearer Thinking with Spencer GreenbergDo organizations have to get slower as they grow? (with Alex Komoroske)Read the full transcript here. Why do organizations get slower as they grow? What can organizations learn from slime molds? What are the advantages of top-down organization versus bottom-up organization, and vice versa? How can organizations encourage serendipity? What use are doorbells in jungles? Why is it so hard for organizations to set a "north star" that is at once plausible, coherent, and good?Alex Komoroske has over a decade of experience in the tech industry as a product manager focusing on platform- and ecosystem-shaped problems. While at Google, he worked on Chrome's Web Platform...2022-12-291h 09