Notes & ideas
The stuff I’m open to sharing.
Short essays and the occasional half-formed idea — strategy, decisions, and whatever I’m chewing on. New ones land here as I write them.
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Understanding Strategy — Part 1: What we actually mean by the word
(First in a short series on strategy.) Strategy is a word that engenders strong opinions. It gets used in a dozen contexts and takes on a different meaning in each one. It’s taught in…
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Fall in love with the problem before you start envisioning the solution
“The hard part is getting to precisely the right question; the answer is the easy part. At the point at which you can properly form the question, the answer is comparatively easy.” — Elon…
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The Sunk Cost Fallacy
A friend tells you about a movie you absolutely have to see. You go online, find a time that works, and buy a ticket — non-transferable, nonrefundable, the works. Time passes. As the showing…