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24
Feb
Innovation Without Elimination: The Slow Suffocation of IT

Innovation Without Elimination: The Slow Suffocation of IT

Legacy systems remain operational long after their relevance fades. Temporary workarounds solidify into architecture. Experiments conclude without formal closure. Initiatives transition into background noise rather than deliberate retirement.
4 min read
24
Feb
Monday Myth: We Need to Allocate Time for Investigation

Monday Myth: We Need to Allocate Time for Investigation

When organisations allocate separate time for investigation, integration, and demo preparation, they institutionalise delay. Uncertainty becomes calendar instead of exposure. At executive level, that decision carries cost.
4 min read
20
Feb
Friday Fun: TicketOps Anonymous

Friday Fun: TicketOps Anonymous

Hello. My name is Platform. And I have not built anything reusable in 47 days. Hi, Platform.
3 min read
19
Feb
The Hidden Cost of Exceptions

The Hidden Cost of Exceptions

IT Companies rarely collapse because of a single catastrophic decision. They erode through tolerated deviations. An exception seldom appears dangerous in isolation. It sounds pragmatic.
3 min read
18
Feb
When Growth Becomes Drag: Why Scaling Technology Organisations Lose Leverage

When Growth Becomes Drag: Why Scaling Technology Organisations Lose Leverage

Most technology organisations do not collapse because of incompetence. They lose leverage. Headcount grows. Budgets increase. Tools multiply. Activity accelerates. Yet delivery slows, costs rise, and strategic progress blurs. Growth becomes drag.
4 min read
17
Feb
Culture Is an Outcome, Not a Tool

Culture Is an Outcome, Not a Tool

Culture now occupies a convenient place inside many organisations. When performance weakens or alignment fractures, the diagnosis lands on culture. Yet output rarely improves.
3 min read
16
Feb
Monday Myth: The Distortion of “Organic Growth”

Monday Myth: The Distortion of “Organic Growth”

The expression “organic growth” carries an aura of virtue within the technology sector. It sounds healthy, natural, responsible. The term no longer reflects its original meaning. It has drifted. Like many post-modern distortions, it preserves a positive tone while losing structural precision.
4 min read
15
Feb
The IT Industry’s Favourite Hobby: Forgetting 🎈

The IT Industry’s Favourite Hobby: Forgetting 🎈

Every few years the technology industry discovers something “unprecedented”. And every few years we behave as if history started on Tuesday.
4 min read
12
Feb
Apprenticeship, Mastership, and the Discipline IT Still Avoids

Apprenticeship, Mastership, and the Discipline IT Still Avoids

Modern IT celebrates disruption. New frameworks every year. New titles every quarter. New promises every conference season. Serious disciplines, however, do not mature through disruption alone. They mature through apprenticeship.
3 min read
11
Feb
An Ode to Problem Solvers

An Ode to Problem Solvers

Recruiting has become strangely disconnected from reality. We interview for stacks, frameworks, certificates, buzzwords. We screen for pattern matching rather than thinking. We optimise for people who fit neatly into today’s org chart, not for those who can reshape tomorrow’s system.
6 min read