Insights
Essays on judgment, leadership, decision-making, innovation, and the changing nature of work. These are selected posts from my newsletter for people who want sharper thinking and more useful management ideas.
Featured Essay
Why the best managers might be the ones who still do the work
Management design
A case for flatter organizations, player-coach leadership, and management as an activity rather than a full-time layer, with a practical framework for the kind of managers who still create real value.
Read on SubstackWhy read these
These pieces sit at the intersection of leadership, judgment, systems thinking, and practical work.
Some are conceptual. Some are tactical. All are written to help serious practitioners think more clearly and act more effectively.
If the site is where you practice, this page is where you go deeper.
AI and management
How I see the role of management in the AI years
A sharp argument for why managers will need faster judgment, smaller-team leadership, and far more direct contribution as AI compresses layers and accelerates expectations.
Read the postLeadership practice
Old wisdom may not hold true anymore
An exploration of why classic delegation models break down when managers and specialists both become more hands-on, more hybrid, and more collaborative.
Read the postCareer strategy
What kind of broadness actually creates value
A distinction between shallow generalism and the rarer kind of connective range that combines technical depth, relationships, judgment, and initiative.
Read the postDecision quality
Anyone can do it, but many don't
A practical breakdown of how sleep, decision fatigue, and cognitive bias quietly reduce thinking quality, and what to do if you want better judgment instead of accidental stupidity.
Read the postInnovation systems
How to actually get your team to generate innovation
A simulation-driven look at innovation funnels, approval layers, feedback loops, and the structural conditions that either kill new ideas or help them survive.
Read the postThinking tools
What does it mean to use reason?
A broader model of rational thinking that goes beyond formal logic into self-control, scientific method, training, bias awareness, and the limits of reason itself.
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