More Code Is Not More Value
From Rethink Your Understanding by Phil Clark
May 19, 2026 · 17 min · Season 3 · Episode 62
About this episode
The episode discusses how AI's increase in code production does not necessarily equate to increased business value.
In this episode, the AI hosts discuss my post on how AI is becoming an operating model test for modern organizations. AI is producing more code, more activity, and more visible output, but that does not automatically mean more business value. Drawing from recent IBM, CircleCI, and DORA insights, I explain how AI can expose weak systems, increase productivity debt, and overwhelm teams when speed is not matched with flow, accountability, and outcome discipline. AI is a multiplier, but what it multiplies depends on the strength of the system around it. Link to the article : More Code Is Not More Value: Why AI Is an Operating Model Test , originally published May 17, 2026. Connect with me on LinkedIn
People in this episode
Host: Phil Clark
Topics covered
- AI
- operating model
- business value
- productivity
- system strength
Keywords
- AI
- business value
- productivity debt
- operating model
- system strength
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: IBM, CircleCI, DORA
Books & works: More Code Is Not More Value: Why AI Is an Operating Model Test
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