Why cost-cutting only creates growth when it follows a coherent strategy.
The Laws and Razors That Rule Everything Around Me
A practical guide to recurring principles that explain behavior at work and in life.
A Barrel With No Ammunition
Why ambitious transformations fail when leaders do not fund the capabilities they require.
Why Dates are Hard
How uncertainty, dependencies, and novel work make software timelines difficult to predict.
Eleven Ways The Ground Beneath Software Development Has Shifted
How AI is reshaping software development and what valuable engineering work now looks like.
The NIH Tax: How “Not Invented Here” Quietly Kills Your Margin and Your Roadmap
How reflexively building in-house quietly damages margins, speed, and product roadmaps.
Plan Heavy vs Ship Light
How organizational incentives push teams toward coordination and planning instead of shipping.
Act Your Size
Why startups should resist adopting big-company processes before they have earned them.
Obvious Rules to Live By, for Corporate Sanity
Straightforward rules for making organizations less wasteful, irrational, and unpleasant.
TCF: The Origin Story
A firsthand history of how Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework came to be.