Thinking about direction, choices, priorities, and turning complexity into a clear path forward.
There is a saying I have come to like: If they are playing checkers, play chess.If they are playing chess, play Go.If they are playing Go, play checkers. At first, it sounds like a lesson in always playing a more complicated game. I don’t think that’s the point. The point is not to let someone …
Some people spend their lives keeping every bridge standing. They keep everyone happy, give everyone access, and make sure nobody is ever pushed away. Their island stays clean, but eventually there is nothing on it that is truly their own. Others burn every bridge. They push everyone away, trust no one, and end up standing …
We celebrate too early. Hitting the goal feels like a win, but a result alone doesn’t prove that we actually learned anything. If the same mistakes show up the next time we try, then the first “win” was really just a temporary outcome. The real win comes when we achieve the next goal without repeating …
AI makes iteration incredibly easy. And that’s exactly the problem. If you start building before you understand what you actually need, AI will happily help you refine the wrong thing—faster, cheaper per iteration, and at massive scale. Understand the Problem First Before you ask AI to solve a problem, understand the problem first. What do …
Imagine a Monthly Business Review of Pearl Harbor. The presenter walks into the room with a confident smile. “Overall, a pretty successful month. Our team showed great resilience.” Ten air-to-air wins. Ten ground-to-air wins. Thousands of servicemen healthy and ready for deployment. A new reef system seeded in the harbor. Green checkmarks everywhere. Sounds pretty …
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While that vast majority of information technology strategy for internal back office capability’s enablement is taken from a Rolling Stones Song lyric “ you can’t get what you want you get what you need “ (paraphrased for effect) the reality is for technology and business teams alike the real question great architects should always ask …
Probability has little to do with possibility. Something does not have to be probable to be possible. If something is possible, time spent exploring it is never wasted. The outcome may not be what you expected, but the exploration creates knowledge, options, and often the possibility of something you could not see before. Probability tells …
Great saying by Tony Robbins ( not a fan but a great statement is a great statement) that cannot be more true. Strategy gives you a goals beyond the goals to keep driving for . Philosophy is how you work day to day towards those goals beyond the goals . The strategy is a plan …
Okay, okay, O-K, um, okay, oh, okay. They can all mean radically different things to different people. Yet we use them almost universally, as if everyone knows exactly what is meant by two to four letters that have become more of a single sound in today’s conversational English than an actual verbal expression. So, to …