Pain First, Solutions Second
The more comfortable someone is, the less they'll hear you…
Not because they're difficult, but because
Changing Minds, Not Plans
Everyone is building better systems for an unpredictable world.
More frameworks. Tighter processes.
But here's the thing, when
The Conveyor Illusion
The first problem with automation isn't the technology, it's our impatience.
Once we flip that switch,
The Delegation Death Spiral
Managers think they're delegating.
They're starting wars.
They have a problem they don't want
Words Become Lenses
Your brain's most powerful function isn't thinking—it's listening to itself talk.
I used
S2E5: The Rhythm of Strategy
Our People think strategy is about finding the right position.
But, so far...
We've discovered that thinking emerges
S2E4: The Paradox of Presence
We're drawn to contradictions.
What if the invisible strategy requires moments of deliberate visibility?
I used to think
S2E3: The Invisible Game
We obsess over visible strategies. But Martin Heidegger noted that skilled carpenters make hammers vanish.
It becomes "ready-to-hand"
S2E2: The Language of Strategy
I sat in a boardroom listening to colleagues define strategy.
The answers surprised me.
The definitions described process—plans, roadmaps,
S2E1: Unlearning Strategy
Look at a child building with blocks. They don't write a strategy first. They don't separate