Surreal - More Real... Than Reality Itself
Building Berkshire by the Book
Christopher Bloomstran only needed to say it a million times before I got it
Culture & Science | Essay
April 20, 2026/by wpusername1627The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Knowledge work is full of those who know a little, and others who don't know the limitations of their knowledge. Bring them up and harness their power.
Culture & Science | Think Piece
December 14, 2025/by wpusername1627Found in translation
Sometimes all it takes to understand each other better is finding the right words. A short reflection on Gretchen Rubin's "Four Tendencies".
Work | Analysis
December 5, 2025/by wpusername1627Noise Cancellation
The scaling problem - the corporate version of growing pains. A first principles analysis offers no simple solutions, but tells us where to look and what to address
Culture & Science | Think Piece
November 30, 2025/by wpusername1627Slow Fuse
Well, I'm holding the match and I'm watching the flame
Making romance is a dangerous game
I have studied your signals
And I'm hip to your cues
Which is why I've decided to use a slow fuse
Making romance is a dangerous game
I have studied your signals
And I'm hip to your cues
Which is why I've decided to use a slow fuse
Infrastructure | Exploration
November 13, 2025/by wpusername1627The Art of the Real
There's no shortage of tools, tips and tricks teaching you how to win at negotiation. Keep it simple, and just make sure you don't lose.
Infrastructure | Exploration
November 7, 2025/by wpusername1627Designing cockroaches
A checklist to ensure your business processes don't suck
Infrastructure | Exploration
November 3, 2025/by wpusername1627The Sutherland Files
When common sense solutions don't solve conventional problems, it is intelligent to apply the irrational.
Work | Exploration
September 1, 2025/by wpusername1627Reshuffle
The current rise of the machines strikes fear in the hearts of knowledge workers worldwide. If you worry about losing your job, Sangeet Paul Choudary's "Reshuffle" gives you a sweeping overview of all the forces in play. And it's much better and worse than you think...
Work | Review
August 29, 2025/by wpusername1627Flow-Viz
How can you illuminate the dark forces holding your business back, and visualize the invisible performance signals telling you where to intervene?
Infrastructure | Exploration
July 31, 2025/by wpusername1627Hiding in plain sight
There's this one thing every company should teach its knowledge workers. And yet, almost nobody knows it. About the world's #1 blind spot.
Culture & Science | Analysis
July 17, 2025/by wpusername1627Move 78
The machines struck first, with move 37. But with move 78, humanity struck back.
Work In Progress | Essay
July 13, 2025/by wpusername1627The Science Of Magic
In a one of a kind book, Rory Sutherland tickles, teases, provokes and makes the persuasive case that even in business, magic still exists - if only you know where to look!
Infrastructure | Review
July 10, 2025/by wpusername1627Reset
Dan Heath cleverly packages the most practical ideas of agile, lean, theory of constraints and value stream mapping in a deceptively simple and entertaining book
Infrastructure | Review
July 6, 2025/by wpusername1627The Art of the Parley
Amateurs judge by outcome, professionals evaluate process and technique. How can you tell who is skilled and who merely lucky?
Work | Analysis
June 6, 2025/by wpusername1627I’ve seen the future and it will be.
Confronted with two views on how to deal with the future and uncertainty, FWIW strips away the apparent contradictions to integrate their bare essentials.
Infrastructure | Exploration
May 12, 2025/by wpusername1627Positioning
For professionals on the rational side of the spectrum - Finance, Engineering - the hardest field to get to grips with is the dreaded Marketing department.
Culture & Science | Exploration
April 21, 2025/by wpusername1627Pace Layers
Inspired by architect Frank Duffy's book "Work and the City", Stewart Brand came up with the concept of Pace Layers, a mental model explaining how complex human systems learn and evolve while they also stay stable and resilient. It's a rich lens to look at that other complex human system: the corporation.
Culture & Science | Exploration
April 1, 2025/by wpusername1627The Louisiana Purchase
The greatest deal ever? Not so fast, we argue. The anatomy of the deal questions whether the deal is a one sided triumph by the United States over France - and if we need to declare any winner at all, it is probably a surprising third party.
Culture & Science | Analysis
March 27, 2025/by wpusername1627Priceless // Insights.