“Let’s just get started” sounds pragmatic and action-oriented. In reality, it often postpones the hard conversations — and shifts the cost of missing clarity into the future. This post explores why rushing the start is one of the most expensive decisions organisations make.
Organizations produce endless documents to create alignment — strategies, roadmaps, OKRs, decks. Yet misalignment persists. This post explains why alignment cannot be written down and why conversation, not documentation, is the real work.
Every January, organizations invest weeks in planning a future that no longer exists. This post challenges the ritual of annual planning and argues for a different approach: designing for reality instead of predicting it.
Organizations love to copy “what works” elsewhere — proven frameworks, successful team structures, or shiny process models. But what made another company thrive can quietly paralyze yours. This post breaks down the best practice myth and shows why true progress comes from understanding your own context, not copying someone else’s.
Value streams are meant to accelerate flow and clarity — but when they grow unchecked, they risk becoming the very bureaucracies they were designed to replace. This post explores how good intentions turn into slow motion and how to restore agility at scale.