The Push and Pull of Humans and Machines

What is the most expensive asset in your company, organization, or team? Your people, of course. When executives, bosses, and number-crunchers look at the spreadsheets, and especially if those spreadsheets get shown to the shareholders, the human...

Good Enough

When is good enough good enough? Good enough depends on where you are in your history. If you’re at the beginning, then it’s good enough when: If you ship it, you’ll learn something If you ship it, it will make a difference If you ship it,...

AI — Your Lawyer Friend

The fine print.The pages and pages of legalese.The motormouthed disclaimer.The buried clause. Go ahead and feed every legal document and contract you’re asked to sign into AI with the following prompt: “Summarize this from my point of view. What am I...

Who’s Your Competition?

Here are some interesting statistics for 5k times: World Record Men: 12:49 PA High School State Championship Record Men: 15:02 PA 40-49 Years “Competitive Time” Men: 18:13 PA 50-59 Years “Competitive Time” Men: 19:31 PA Typical Community...

Leadership and Religion

Have you ever seen a keyboard on a UK computer?  At first, you won’t notice a difference because it’s almost the same as a US keyboard, but not quite. There are a few more keys, and some of the symbols are in different spots.  Of...

A Case for Slower, Worse, More Expensive

Of course, most business value propositions are, at their core, some version of “faster, better, cheaper.” You’ve probably spent your career working under some part of that value proposition. I certainly have. It’s almost exclusively what...

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