Ideas
Ideas I'm working through about leadership, organizations, judgment, and the places where the apparent problem isn't always the actual one.
Why the Apparent Problem is Rarely the Actual Problem
I kept trying to organize my teaching, advisory work, Near Enemies, and the book as separate things. Then I realized they were all the same move: finding what the apparent problem is obscuring.
How to Find the Hidden Obstacle That Is Actually Preventing Progress
A project that looked like a construction-cost problem turned out to be a parking assumption nobody had thought to revisit. Sometimes the fastest way forward is to treat the given as a variable.
Why Smart Organizations Solve the Wrong Problem
Leadership teams can work very hard on alignment, communication, or execution and still get nowhere because the stated problem is only where the consequences are showing up. The actual problem is often one level underneath.