The Soil Beneath the Code
Published
What engineering teams can learn from farmers about sustainable systems.
About
Scott Scoble is a builder, writer, and speaker focused on the human side of AI systems. He's the author of The Soil Beneath the Code and A Walk in Mentoring, and creator of Speckl — a dark provenance system for agentic engineering. He advises engineering leaders on how to build AI systems that cultivate human capability instead of strip-mining it.
The Cultivation Framework
Soil Assessment
Diagnose before prescribing. Know what's actually depleted before you fertilize.
Formation
Cultivate capability, don't extract output. Build systems that get stronger with use.
Accountability
Hold the line on human infrastructure. Dark provenance for every agent output.
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Books
A Walk in Mentoring
Published
Three questions that change how people learn.
Dark Provenance
Coming 2026
Formal verification for the AI age. How to audit what your AI actually did.