11
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Wolves Move Rivers
When Yellowstone's wolves were hunted to extinction, everyone knew what would happen. More elk.
What nobody predicted: rivers
1 min read
Charles Blain
10
Dec
AI in the Loop
"Human in the loop."
Sounds responsible. Sounds safe. Describes almost nothing.
Watch what actually happens. AI generates a
1 min read
09
Dec
Possible Versus Possible Now
"Is this possible?"
Wrong question.
Almost everything is possible given infinite time, resources, and political capital.
The question
1 min read
08
Dec
Sequencing Creates Proof
You have five bets to make.
All seem important. All seem urgent.
So you launch them simultaneously.
Six months later,
1 min read
05
Dec
Transparent Reasoning
The deck is perfect. And no one acts on it.
You've seen this pattern. Clean recommendation lands. Logic
1 min read
04
Dec
Proactive Stance
Why telling clients about problems before they discover them builds more trust than hiding them.
The Recall
In the fall
5 min read
04
Dec
The Gate System
Why structured checkpoints save more lives than heroic intervention.
The 67% Problem
In American hospitals, something kills more patients than
5 min read
04
Dec
The Information Flow
Why Account Management succeeds or fails at information flow, not relationship warmth.
The Three-Second Silence
On March 27, 1977, fog
9 min read
04
Dec
The Upstream Principle
Why fixing early prevents failures late, and where you should focus your attention.
The Safety Speech
In 1987, Paul O&
5 min read
04
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Trust Unlocks Disclosure
Why clients withhold information, and how to create the conditions where they share.
The Braintrust
Every Pixar movie starts ugly.
6 min read