Laurence Peter proposed his principle in 1969 as satire. Fifty-six years later, most organisations are still running on the exact system he was mocking. The Peter Principle: “In a hierarchy, …
Goodhart’s Law: Why Your Metrics Are Lying to You
Charles Goodhart was a British economist. In 1975, he observed something about monetary policy that turned out to apply to almost everything in management. Goodhart’s Law: “When a measure …
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Should You Build One? My Honest Criteria
Most posts about personal knowledge management end with an implicit sell: here is the system that changed my professional life, and you should build one too. This is not that post. After three months …
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What I Got Wrong (And Still Get Wrong)
The most useful version of this post is the honest one. Here is what went wrong, roughly in the order it happened. I Built Structure Before I Had Habits The first time I tried something like this I …
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Three Months In — What Actually Changed
The best evidence for whether something works is not how it feels on launch day. Three months in, here is what actually changed. The 1:1s Got Better This is the clearest outcome, and I did not predict …
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What I Actually Built (And The Skills It Demanded)
Cerebro is not a note-taking app. It is a structured vault of everything that matters to how I work: daily notes, profiles for every person I work closely with, project histories, decision logs, and a …
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