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Asha Sharma: Why org charts give way to agent work charts

How products become living, learning organisms with the loop at the center; Sharma on post-training, reward models, and work charts replacing org charts.

Lenny RachitskyhostAsha Sharmaguest
Aug 28, 202557mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 4:18

    Introduction to Asha Sharma

  2. 4:18 – 6:20

    From “product as artifact” to “product as organism”

  3. 6:20 – 9:10

    The rise of post-training and the future of AI product development

  4. 9:10 – 12:01

    Successful AI companies: patterns and pitfalls

  5. 12:01 – 14:15

    The evolution of full-stack builders

  6. 14:15 – 16:24

    “The loop, not the lane”—the new organizing principle

  7. 16:24 – 19:34

    The future of user interfaces: from GUI to code-native

  8. 19:34 – 22:58

    The rise of the agentic society

  9. 22:58 – 26:24

    The “work chart” vs. the “org chart”

  10. 26:24 – 28:23

    How Microsoft is using agents

  11. 28:23 – 35:38

    Planning and strategy in the AI landscape

  12. 35:38 – 39:31

    The importance of platform fundamentals

  13. 39:31 – 42:10

    Lessons from industry giants

  14. 42:10 – 44:30

    What’s driving Asha

  15. 44:30 – 49:19

    Reinforcement learning (RL) and optimization loops

  16. 49:19 – 57:10

    Lightning round and final thoughts

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