06
Jan
The Vanishing Middle
Ten years from now, consulting has two price points. Premium. And free.
You're not wrong to feel the
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Charles Blain
05
Jan
No Authority Full Truth
Pixar's Braintrust has reviewed every film since Toy Story 2. Finding Nemo. The Incredibles. Inside Out. Coco. Each
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04
Jan
Truth Requires Safety
The all-hands: "We need candid feedback. Speak up if you see problems."
Feedback form arrives. Everyone fills it
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02
Jan
The Silent Alarm
You've seen this before.
Someone on the ground knows something is wrong. They report it. The report gets
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01
Jan
The Math That Kills Teams
In 1964, IBM bet everything on OS/360.
It would be the most ambitious software project ever attempted. One operating
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31
Dec
Process Beats Power
In 2005, Garry Kasparov ran an experiment.
The greatest chess player in history had lost to IBM's Deep
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30
Dec
Out-Skilled vs De-Skilled
On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 fell out of the sky.
The Airbus A330 had flown itself across
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29
Dec
The Squad Model Failed
Everyone copied the Spotify model.
Squads. Tribes. Chapters. Guilds. The vocabulary spread through tech companies like a virus.
Here'
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26
Dec
Three Companies, One Well
April 20, 2010. Deepwater Horizon.
Three companies were responsible for one well: BP, Transocean, and Halliburton.
When the well blew
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25
Dec
Structure Changed Behavior
In Season 3 of The Wire, Major Bunny Colvin runs an experiment.
He designates abandoned areas as "free zones&
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