PETER GALLOWAY
№ 12 / 14 Skills & Communication May 24, 2026
An Analogy

The Bottleneck Is You

Why you don't need to be technical — you need to know what to ask

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The Setup

The film director analogy.

The constraint isn't the model; it's how clearly you can articulate what you want. A director doesn't run the camera — they shape the scene. AI is the crew. You're the director. The new core skill is plain-English clarity, not coding.

By the numbers 7 prompts

between you and a recruiter-magnet LinkedIn

— @selinaai_'s thread, May 6. The model didn't change. The instructions did.

The bottleneck isn't the model. It lives in your own head.
Peter Galloway

On the wire

Three pieces from the last 30 days that reinforce this analogy. Forward to the executive who's still calling it hype.

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