Data Driven vs Data Inspired [Part 1 of 5]
The Data Driven Trap
Your team is underperforming.
It might be because you're too focused on data.
That
Context Collapse
Every email you send misses 90% of your meaning.
Tone, timing, and shared history are gone. Digital communication strips away
System Resistant
Why do we stay stuck in chaos?
It feels good to be the hero.
It feels good to be needed.
Invisible Guardrails
Every organization struggles with ineffective procedures while wondering why smart people ignore "clear" instructions.
We've created
Locked Perception
Once you choose a story about why something happened, you stop looking for other explanations.
...and miss the real problems
Frozen Lightning
Once you document a process, it's outdated—like trying to photograph lightning.
Documentation creates a false sense of
Judgment Bottleneck
AI writes code.
No-code builds apps.
Templates solve design.
The creative spark, that "what if" moment, has never
Small Teams Ship, Big Teams Sync
Adding a person to a project increases communication complexity exponentially, not linearly.
A team of 4 has 6 communication paths.
Why Nothing Ever Gets Simpler
Organizations can only add complexity, never subtract it.
Every new process gets layered on top. Every "improvement" becomes
You Can't Control Emergence
There's a marketing campaign running right now that's about to backfire spectacularly.
And the team who