INSIGHTS, by Varun Vashisht https://varunvashisht.com/blog/ A field journal on PMO, enterprise transformation, and embedding generative AI into delivery. Written by Varun Vashisht, Senior Program Manager, TPM & Business Architect. en Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:14:19 GMT The most expensive way to sound like everyone else. https://varunvashisht.com/blog/the-most-expensive-way-to-sound-like-everyone-else/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/the-most-expensive-way-to-sound-like-everyone-else/ A meme about asking a frontier model for a LinkedIn post, and the uncomfortable rule it illustrates: AI multiplies the quality of the question. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:30:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) AI ToolingPromptingContent Which model, when. And do we really need Fable? https://varunvashisht.com/blog/which-model-when/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/which-model-when/ Claude, OpenAI and Gemini now sell the same three tiers. A routing rule for picking between them, and an honest answer on the new top model. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) AI ToolingModel SelectionClaudeProcurement The Mindset Tech PMs Need Right Now (Hint: It's Not What You Think) https://varunvashisht.com/blog/the-mindset-tech-pms-need-right-now-hint-it-s-not-what-you-think/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/the-mindset-tech-pms-need-right-now-hint-it-s-not-what-you-think/ A short post for project managers in tech about working with AI tools without losing your mind, or your team's trust. Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) project managementAI toolsleadershiptech careersmindsetteam managementsoftware delivery The four AI tools that actually stuck. A six-month receipt. https://varunvashisht.com/blog/four-tools-that-actually-stuck/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/four-tools-that-actually-stuck/ Most of the AI subscriptions we bought in 2024 are gone now. Four survived. Here's why, and what they have in common. Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) AI ToolingProcurementPMO Who's quietly cancelling their AI subscriptions? https://varunvashisht.com/blog/whos-quietly-cancelling-their-ai-subscriptions/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/whos-quietly-cancelling-their-ai-subscriptions/ Well, well, well. Look who's quietly cancelling their AI subscriptions. Sat, 09 May 2026 07:29:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) AIEngineeringOpinion The status update that said nothing. A small autopsy. https://varunvashisht.com/blog/the-status-update-that-said-nothing/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/the-status-update-that-said-nothing/ A six-paragraph weekly status report told leadership nothing. Here are the four sentences I'd cross out, why, and what to write instead. Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) PMOCommunicationStatus Reports Two PMOs I have been, and the one I will not be again. https://varunvashisht.com/blog/two-pmos-i-have-been/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/two-pmos-i-have-been/ Across fourteen years I've run two different kinds of programme office. One of them I'd build again. The other I keep getting hired to dismantle. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) PMOCareerGovernance What the junior PM noticed that the rest of us missed. https://varunvashisht.com/blog/what-the-junior-pm-noticed-that-the-rest-of-us-missed/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/what-the-junior-pm-noticed-that-the-rest-of-us-missed/ Six weeks into a stuck programme, the most junior person in the room asked a single question that unstuck everything. A short post on what we lose by deferring to seniority. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) PMOCommunicationField notes The meeting that could have been a paragraph. https://varunvashisht.com/blog/the-meeting-that-could-have-been-a-paragraph/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/the-meeting-that-could-have-been-a-paragraph/ A weekly architecture review I attended for two years. Six pages of decisions across 104 sessions. What it taught me about which meetings deserve to keep their hour. Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) MeetingsPMOCommunication Where Generative AI quietly pays off inside a PMO https://varunvashisht.com/blog/genai-quietly-pays-off-pmo/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/genai-quietly-pays-off-pmo/ Requirements drafting, status synthesis, RAID summaries. The unglamorous wins. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) GenAIPMOAutomation Building a PMO that engineering actually wants to work with https://varunvashisht.com/blog/building-a-pmo-engineering-wants/ https://varunvashisht.com/blog/building-a-pmo-engineering-wants/ Cadences, RAID hygiene, and the rituals that turn governance into a velocity engine. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT noreply@varunvashisht.com (Varun Vashisht) PMOAgileGovernance