Pontifications, large and small.
Making complex platform work understandable and buildable, plus the books, history, and ideas worth slowing down for. Serious about outcomes, light about ego.
- Field NotesLeadershipMay 2, 2026
Beyond Project Done
A modern technology investment does not pay off at go-live: it begins there. Why leaders should trade the "project done" finish line for a lifecycle mindset that keeps platforms earning their keep.
Read - On the ShelfReviewsDec 31, 2025
Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green
A review of John Green's Everything Is Tuberculosis, a book that argues our deadliest infection persists not for lack of science, but because of the historical and social stigmas we still refuse to confront.
Read - On the ShelfReviewsDec 21, 2025
The Technological Republic: All Diagnosis, No Cure
Alexander Karp's manifesto is a sharp, necessary critique of Silicon Valley's lost ambition, but it is all complaints and no solutions: a rallying cry that goes nowhere.
Read - On the ShelfReviewsOct 17, 2025
The Terrifying Cost of Genius: A Review of When We Cease to Understand the World
A review of Benjamin Labatut's genre-bending "non-fiction novel," which humanizes the titans of 20th-century physics and forces us to sit with the high price of discovery.
Read - HistoryJul 8, 2025
Had Cromwell Lived . . .
A hypothetical romp through Tudor history, sparked by the TV show Wolf Hall: what might have unfolded if Thomas Cromwell had survived the court intrigues of 1540 and stayed at Henry's side?
Read - On the ShelfReviewsJun 9, 2025
The Little Black Classics: Eve of St Agnes by John Keats
A slim Penguin volume of Keats brings together five poems that, read side by side, map the full range of his Romantic vision: love and beauty, imagination and its limits, passion and permanence.
Read - Field NotesReflectionMay 1, 2025
Every Decision
Every choice your practice makes, from the industries you target to how you run a kickoff, either reinforces your brand or quietly erodes it. A short reflection on positioning as the sum of small decisions.
Read - Field NotesReflectionApr 29, 2025
Clear View of Who You Are
The enterprises that make the best decisions are the ones with the clearest view of who they are and what makes them different. A reflection on how identity drives every choice in a customer-insights engagement.
Read - Field NotesReflectionJan 7, 2025
Discovering Ikigai as a Team
A new-year reflection on the Japanese philosophy of ikigai, your reason for being, and how individuals and teams can find purpose at the intersection of what you love, what the world needs, what you can be paid for, and what you do well.
Read - Field NotesReflectionOct 15, 2024
Exploring the 'Strength of Weak Ties' Theory in Light of New Research
Our instinct is to lean on close relationships, but new research suggests the distant acquaintances we rarely talk to may be more critical to staying informed, innovative, and professionally agile, if we keep them slightly warm.
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