Ideas

Thinking from inside complex organizations — not abstract management theory, but observations from where technology, AI, leadership and execution collide in practice.

Editorial territories

  • AI & Technology
  • Enterprise Transformation
  • Leadership & Organizations
  • CTO Field Notes

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Coming soon · The Foundation Letter

The Organization You Manage Is Not the Organization Doing the Work

Why transformation fails before the program even begins. The first essay in a weekly series on AI, technology, transformation and leadership — from inside complex organizations. New essays will land here as they publish.

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Bookshelf

The books behind this thinking — recent reads and the foundations underneath them, with a note on why each one matters.

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