commercialization / work in progress

I work on commercialization.

How companies understand markets, find and create demand, position themselves, sell, learn and grow.

Today, I’m especially interested in how AI changes what is possible across that system.

Pencil portrait of Arvid Madland Lyngnes
pencil portrait / 2026
on my desk

Questions I’m working on now.

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The work moves when the evidence moves.

A signal is a reason to look, not a reason to sell

project:Entriva.ai

I have spent the last few work sessions working backwards from a question: before a company asks for legal advice, what might already be changing in its busines Read the field note ↗

The first yes should make the next one easier

Today, I changed the job of the Gastropub 2026 website. It no longer tries to explain the whole ambition at once. It now speaks to the first people who could he Read the field note ↗

If your system works, why isn't it working for you?

project:Entriva.ai

I keep noticing something uncomfortable in the consulting and professional services market. Read the field note ↗

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from the archive
2014

Who matters — and what do they need?

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2020

What if marketing and sales are not separate problems?

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2024

What happens if the organization does not learn?

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2026

What changes when AI can participate in the loop?

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