Work in Progress by Thomas Otter

DIY and HR tech, some unsolicited advice for HR folks.

Changing rooms.

Jan 5 • Thomas Otter

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December 2025

On the Forward Deployed Engineer, Product Led Growth and genuine adoption.

A call for moderation, perspective and a dollop of innovation.

Dec 14, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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New York, Brooklyn, and an appointment with Monet.

Techwolf, Jolly, LPs, founders, 2026 planning and our community.

Dec 8, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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Pack: Why we invested

Vision, charisma, obstinance, exquisite technology timing and an underestimated market.

Dec 2, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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November 2025

Two pricing heuristics for early stage enterprise software founders

Pricing Otterisms.

Nov 30, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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HR masters students at Pforzheim

It is fun to teach a bit.

Nov 17, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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October 2025

A list after Unleash.

A stream of comments and reflections on the state of worktech

Oct 24, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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Unleash 2025!

back again.

Oct 16, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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September 2025

Workslop

Great neologism, brilliant argument, sloppy research?

Sep 26, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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Early stage enterprise product management, requirements and roadmaps

Learning from Origin Benefits.

Sep 19, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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Bigger company buys smaller company, again.

Workday acquires Sana.

Sep 17, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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Application tourism, AGI, HR Tech and the stack fallacy.

Musings on OpenAI's AI job matching and learning announcement.

Sep 6, 2025 • Thomas Otter

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