🕯️ Advent of Insight · Day 13 – When Best Practices Fail
Copying success rarely recreates it—context is the missing variable.
Tag: strategy
🕯️ Advent of Insight · Day 6 – Decisions Are Conversations with the Future
Every choice shapes the dialogue between today’s intent and tomorrow’s reality.
The Best Practice Myth: Why Copying Others Destroys Real Progress
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.
Lost in the Stars: How Too Many North Star Metrics Kill Focus
The North Star metric was meant to bring clarity and alignment — one guiding light to steer decisions. But somewhere along the way, every team, product, and feature wanted its own. This post explores how multiplying “North Stars” turns strategy into noise, weakens focus, and creates illusionary alignment — and what it takes to bring real coherence back.
Unite or Fail: Building a Culture of Respect Between Product and Tech
A culture of respect between product and tech is no longer optional—it’s the difference between unity and failure. This final post in the What and How series shows how to go beyond structural clarity and build lasting collaboration.