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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
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
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
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