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Ricky Zinn

Operator. Builder. Writing about AI systems for people who run real businesses.

AI Systems

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Your AI Workflow Should Get Better Every Time It Runs

Jun 22, 2026

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2 min read

Your AI Workflow Should Get Better Every Time It Runs

Your AI workflow needs a second pass

Ricky Zinn
Ricky Zinn

AI Systems

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Who should own your AI? Here's how to find them.

Jun 13, 2026

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3 min read

Who should own your AI? Here's how to find them.

The biggest AI companies are paying billions to rent this role. You can grow it in-house.

Ricky Zinn
Ricky Zinn

Operations

+4

The AI Shadowland

Jun 7, 2026

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2 min read

The AI Shadowland

Why every company's records now live somewhere it can't see

Ricky Zinn
Ricky Zinn

Operations

+4

How to Navigate the Token Economy

May 30, 2026

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2 min read

How to Navigate the Token Economy

Running Operations in the Age of AI.

Ricky Zinn
Ricky Zinn

Operations

+4

AGENTIC COMMERCE IS COMING FOR YOUR BUY BUTTON

May 23, 2026

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2 min read

AGENTIC COMMERCE IS COMING FOR YOUR BUY BUTTON

The agent isn't your enemy but it can only sell what it can read.

Ricky Zinn
Ricky Zinn

Operations

+3

Your AI Agents Need Job Descriptions

May 16, 2026

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2 min read

Your AI Agents Need Job Descriptions

You're not deploying software. You're assigning work.

Ricky Zinn
Ricky Zinn
I walked up to it.  Everyone else walked past.

May 10, 2026

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2 min read

I walked up to it. Everyone else walked past.

The obsession started long before 2022.

Ricky Zinn
Ricky Zinn
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