Essays
Writing
Essays as I write them, on the work and on running a business.
Long before I dance under those lights
Muhammad Ali said the fight is won far away from witnesses. So is almost everything else, in the part of a business no customer will ever see.
The first dresser took five hours. The second took one.
Same dresser. Very different journey.
The facts were staring us in the face
The data was always there. Nobody had asked the right question.
8173 Days... (and one very bad business decision)
My journey into entrepreneurship
My calculus lecturer taught me how to use AI twenty-five years ago. He said: "I want you to be lazy."
The most valuable AI skill isn't working harder. It's learning to ask a better question.
Your Dashboard is Flattering You
Why dashboards often reward the numbers that feel good instead of the ones that drive results.
A free assessment, five minutes
Most businesses don’t have ten problems. They have a few parts switched off, and a few worth making stronger.
Five minutes shows you which.
