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May
Friday Fun: The IT Department as a Medieval Kingdom

Friday Fun: The IT Department as a Medieval Kingdom

Modern IT departments often claim to operate like high-performance engineering organisations. Most actually resemble medieval kingdoms. Not metaphorically. Structurally.
4 min read
07
May
Law 3 — Dependencies Tax Flow

Law 3 — Dependencies Tax Flow

Law 1 established that unused delivery has no reality. Law 2 showed that complexity naturally accumulates unless systems actively remove it. Law 3 explores one of the primary mechanisms through which entropy damages execution: dependencies.
7 min read
06
May
When Leadership Lets the System Drift

When Leadership Lets the System Drift

Observe the delivery system of almost any organisation under strain. Boards remain full, work continues to move, and a significant proportion of items hover in a perpetual state of “almost done”.
6 min read
05
May
Law #2 — All Additions Increase Entropy

Law #2 — All Additions Increase Entropy

Law 1 established the foundation: if it is not used, it does not exist. Law 2 extends this logic. If reality depends on usage, then everything that enters the system either supports that outcome or works against it.
7 min read
04
May
Monday Myth: Psychological Safety Is Not a Performance Strategy

Monday Myth: Psychological Safety Is Not a Performance Strategy

Psychological safety matters, but the belief that it drives performance on its own does not hold. When misunderstood, it produces the opposite effect and quietly undermines the very outcomes it intends to improve.
5 min read
30
Apr
Law #1 - If It Is Not Used, It Does Not Exist

Law #1 - If It Is Not Used, It Does Not Exist

Many organisations equate delivery with value creation. Features get shipped, tickets closed, and roadmaps executed. Progress then appears in reports and dashboards, which encourages a sense of momentum. Yet none of this proves that value exists.
5 min read
29
Apr
Engineering Withdraws. Companies Follow.

Engineering Withdraws. Companies Follow.

Companies do not collapse because they fail once. They collapse because the people inside stop enforcing standards.
5 min read
28
Apr
Manufrance or When Theatre Replaces Reality

Manufrance or When Theatre Replaces Reality

Some systems do not collapse. They get preserved until they become irrelevant. Manufrance did not collapse when it was dismantled. By then, it had already been dead for years.
7 min read
27
Apr
Monday Myth: Misalignment Is the Lie We Tell Ourselves

Monday Myth: Misalignment Is the Lie We Tell Ourselves

Misalignment has become one of those words that sound intelligent while hiding the problem. The term sounds reasonable, almost technical, something solvable with better communication, a few workshops, or another layer of coordination. In most cases, that reading misses the point.
5 min read
25
Apr
Friday Fun: How to Break Hiring Without Noticing

Friday Fun: How to Break Hiring Without Noticing

Nobody sets out to build a broken hiring system. If you recognise what follows, you are not observing the system from the outside. You are part of it.
5 min read