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26
May
Law 8 — Without Clear Purpose, Systems Drift to Noise

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

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

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

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
20
May
Corporate Amnesia – Why Companies Keep Repeating the Same Mistakes

Corporate Amnesia – Why Companies Keep Repeating the Same Mistakes

The most expensive bug in modern organisations is not technical debt. It is memory loss.
5 min read
19
May
Law 6: Local Optimisation Breaks Global Performance

Law 6: Local Optimisation Breaks Global Performance

The system does not care how efficient each part becomes. It only rewards the extent to which inputs convert into outcomes that customers value and the business can monetise.
7 min read
17
May
Friday Fun : The Alchemists of Modern IT

Friday Fun : The Alchemists of Modern IT

When organisations stop searching for magic and start practising chemistry, performance becomes reproducible.
4 min read
12
May
Law 4 — Delayed Feedback Compounds Failure

Law 4 — Delayed Feedback Compounds Failure

The longer the loop, the higher the cost. In engineering, physics, biology, and business, feedback governs adaptation. Modern organisations routinely violate this principle.
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