by John Macdonald | Jul 16, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
So many things are easy to do. Yet, somehow they’re not done. One reason might be priority. Since those things are easy, we prioritize the hard ones. Thinking to ourselves, “That’s easy. I can do it any time.” Yet, there they sit. Continuously deprioritized and never... by John Macdonald | Jul 15, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
“Don’t remove a rule, process, tradition, design, or constraint until you understand why it was put there.” G. K. Chesterton said this in his 1929 book titled “The Thing: Why I am a Catholic.” He was defending older social institutions, especially domestic life,... by John Macdonald | Jul 13, 2026 | AI, Leadership, Technology, The250
“The longer something has survived, the longer it will keep surviving.” The Lindy Effect comes from a 1964 article by Albert Goldman titled “Lindy’s Law,” which described an observation he made about show business, but has been broadened to life in general first by... by John Macdonald | Jul 11, 2026 | Leadership, Technology, The250
“Organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structures.” This rule comes from a 1968 paper by Melvin Conway about “How Do Committees Invent?” Basically, look at your current organizational structure. Your product’s architecture will likely follow... by John Macdonald | Jul 8, 2026 | AI, Human, Leadership, Technology, The250
I’m now fairly convinced. We’ll stop writing code. There will still be code, of course, but it’ll be written entirely by the agents. It just makes so much sense. I watch myself now, and I realize that I tell the agent to do everything, including basic and simple stuff... by John Macdonald | Jul 4, 2026 | Human, Leadership, The250
“Mr. Blutarski…0.0” Sure, the system insists you play its game its way. It’s set up that way. They’re invested in keeping it that way. The system self-regulates. However, here’s a reminder that if the system doesn’t work for you, or you can’t find your place in it,...