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Posts and long-form series on AI, startups, venture capital, and more.
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Deciding with Incomplete Data: When Perfect Information Isn't Possible
How high-stakes organizations make critical decisions when waiting for complete data could be fatal. Learn three decision frameworks for uncertainty.
High-Reliability Organizations: When Failure Isn't an Option
How organizations that can't afford mistakes make decisions that save lives. Learn the five principles that keep critical systems safe.
Cowboy Caviar: Fresh Tex-Mex Bean and Corn Salad
A fresh and flavorful Tex-Mex bean and corn salad that's perfect for parties, potlucks, and game day. This colorful bean salad is addictive and nutritious.
The Efficiency Trap: When Optimization Kills Growth
How the post-2022 obsession with operational efficiency is creating a generation of companies that are profitable but can't grow - and what to do about it.
The Passive Resistance Problem: When Good Employees Go Quiet
How to recognize and address the subtle but devastating pattern when long-term employees comply with directives but stop delivering meaningful results.
Things That Look Like Work But Aren't
The performative activities that create the appearance of productivity while accomplishing nothing meaningful. Learn to identify and avoid time-wasters.
Integrated Venture Engineering: Building Profitable Ventures by Design
How Cornell's IVE framework applies systems engineering principles to venture creation, treating profitability as an engineering requirement from day one.
Decision-Modeling vs. Process-Modeling: Why the Space Between Matters
How mapping key organizational decisions instead of processes creates flexibility for humans, AI, and automation to work together in whatever way makes sense.
The Three Pillars of Product Success: Why Good Ideas Still Fail
Why products need to be technically feasible, perceived as valuable, and actually valuable to succeed - and what happens when any piece is missing.
Three Ways Wispr Flow Actually Makes Sense
Voice dictation that works: how developers code faster, regular people text better, and office workers survive email hell.