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03
Jun
Wednesday Reality: Nobody Knows What They Are Doing
The knowledge required for success frequently did not exist at the beginning of the journey. It emerged through the journey itself.
4 min read
02
Jun
The 10-Minute Meeting
"When a company removes you without evidence, it may be delivering a verdict on itself rather than on you."
9 min read
01
Jun
Monday Myth: This Time Technology Will Replace People
Every generation believes it has finally found the machine that will make people obsolete.
The technology changes.
The story rarely does.
6 min read
31
May
When Medieval Cathedrals Had Better Architecture Than Modern IT
Construction did not follow quarterly planning cycles, productivity dashboards, or transformation roadmaps. Builders accepted long horizons, difficult constraints, and continuity extending beyond individual careers.
6 min read
28
May
In Technology, Ideas Rarely Die. They Wait for Better Constraints.
Late at night, long before cloud dashboards and AI copilots, engineers sat in front of green phosphor terminals listening to the mechanical rhythm of VT100 keyboards. Machines had little memory, networks moved slowly, storage remained expensive, and every abstraction carried a visible cost.
5 min read
28
May
When Technology Stopped Feeling Human
There was a period when technology did not only feel useful. It felt understandable.
7 min read
26
May
Law 8 — Without Clear Purpose, Systems Drift to Noise
Systems disconnected from purpose do not remain neutral over time: they slowly become self-referential and increasingly optimise around their own internal dynamics.
9 min read
25
May
Monday Myth: If Every Team Wins, the Company Wins
Resilient environments absorb variability without major consequences. Fragile ones behave asymmetrically instead. Pressure accumulates silently until a threshold suddenly triggers disproportionate reactions.
6 min read
24
May
Friday Fun — The Company of Theseus
The Ship of Theseus is an old philosophical paradox. If one replaces every plank of a ship, every sail, every rope and every beam over time, does it remain the same ship?
4 min read
21
May
Law 7: Unused Work Is Structural Waste
Law 7: Unused Work Is Structural Waste.
Effort that does not create measurable customer value consumes resources, increases complexity, and reduces the system's ability to deliver what matters.
10 min read