New Idea, or New Paint?
A series that ends by arguing with itself.
AI
When Everything Is Cheap, Judgment Is Priceless
AI doesn’t replace the work. It moves the bottleneck.
Complexity
The Network That Doesn’t Collapse Into Chaos
“Flat” isn’t the goal. Deliberate modularity is.
Adaptivity
Why “We’re Too Slow” Is the Only Problem That Matters
The real competitive disadvantage isn’t cost or talent. It’s lag.
Complexity
Your Org Chart Can’t Tell You What to Do
Structure shows what you can do, not what’s wise.
Adaptivity, Navigating
Stop Planning. Start Navigating.
A navigator who trusts the chart over the sea runs aground.
Cybersyn
The Manager Who Tried to Run a Country in Real Time
Why a cybernetician born 100 years ago is suddenly relevant to your inbox. In 1971, Stafford Beer wired the factories
Democratic Tech
The AI Commons, One Year On: Reading the Currents Beyond the Big Tech Monoculture
What a 2025 field scan of 200+ alternative AI projects tells leaders about resilience, dependence, and the cost of betting