Recently, I got an opportunity to meet fellow thoughtworkers and leaders in person again at Thoughtworks. After the experiences I reflected on My ICU Time!, this meetup felt especially meaningful. One of the central themes of our discussions was AI/works™-Thoughtworks’ agentic development platform, and how it is changing the way we think about software development, collaboration, and even the meaning of “work” itself. As the conversations unfolded, I realized something deeply interesting.

It’s been more than eight years since I joined Thoughtworks—a company known for sharing practical, experience-driven insights on technology and business with the world. Thoughtworks has long stood for doing what works in the real world. From its contribution to the Agile Manifesto—which reshaped how software is built to be more adaptive, collaborative, and customer-centric—to continuously sharing learnings from the field, the focus has always been on outcomes, not theory.