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Why most teams refactor correctly and still lose
Teams invest seriously in refactoring and still lose speed. The surprise isn't the cost. It's that with the same effort, timing alone can nearly double the return.
6 min read
Why shipping faster makes teams slower
Teams ship faster every quarter, yet delivery keeps slowing. The problem isn't process or talent. It's technical debt silently draining change capacity until agility collapses.
8 min read
Technical debt is inevitable. Fragility is a choice.
Technical debt isn't bad code. It's the organizational residue of moving faster than you can adapt. Debt is inevitable. Fragility is a choice.
7 min read
2025 DORA Report Analysis: Why AI Rewards Engineers Who Think Beyond Code
The 2025 DORA report makes one thing clear: AI doesn’t just speed up code, it speeds up the system around it. Engineers who understand that system grow in value. Engineers who rely on experience alone see it calcify instead of compound.
5 min read
Multi-dimensional engineers are dominating in AI-augmented teams
AI isn't replacing engineers but, it's making narrow specialists much easier to replace while multi-dimensional engineers dominate in AI-augmented teams.
12 min read
Vibe coding will destroy your codebase but, you're probably not doing it
Everyone is calling AI code generation "vibe coding"—from harmless autocomplete to security nightmares. This confusion leads to wrong bets on tools and policies. Here's the matrix that separates hype from reality.
9 min read
Why 19 out of 20 enterprise AI initiatives deliver zero ROI (and how the 5% succeed)
95% of enterprise GenAI pilots deliver zero financial impact. The successful 5% aren't using better AI—they're organized differently.
10 min read
The regulatory theater that's killing your competitive edge
Your competitors ship faster while staying compliant because they stopped accepting "the regulators won't let us" as gospel. Most regulatory theater actually makes you less safe while killing velocity. Here's how to escape.
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60 years later and we've still learned nothing from Drucker
This week I'm reading "The Effective Executive" on vacation and I'm genuinely irritated. Not by Drucker's brilliant insights, but by how we're still fighting battles he won in 1966.