This Week in Lenny's Podcast (Apr 27 - May 3, 2026)

This week, Lenny's Podcast explored how the rapid advancement of AI is reshaping what skills matter most in the workplace. Max Schoening, Head of Product at Notion, argues that cultivating agency—the ability to set direction, make decisions, and drive outcomes—has become more valuable than accumulating technical skills that AI can increasingly replicate. The conversation surfaces a timely tension: as tools become more powerful, the human capacity to use them purposefully becomes the real competitive advantage.