The Abductive Advantage26 June 2026·148 words·1 minHuman Systems and Behavior Design-Thinking Strategic Positioning Equilibrium Canvas and Calculus Empathy Decision-Making and Bias Design and Innovation Innovation HistoryA comprehensive series on Design Thinking for Strategy—an abductive reasoning framework that transforms customer insights into competitive advantages.
The 9 Laws of Organizational Decay – Part: 2 The Mathematical Architecture of Organizational Inefficiency25 June 2026·1099 words·6 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Systems Design Organizational Behavior Cognitive Bias Institutional Decay Systems Thinking Decision-Making and Bias Historical Case Studies Design and Innovation
The 9 Laws of Organizational Decay24 June 2026·283 words·2 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Systems Design Organizational Behavior Cognitive Bias Institutional Decay Systems Thinking Decision-Making and Bias Historical Case Studies Design and InnovationHow do organizations decay? This series explores the fundamental laws that govern how organizations grow, shrink, and evolve over time.
The 9 Laws of Organizational Decay – Part: 1 The 9 Laws of Organizational Decay24 June 2026·1824 words·9 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Systems Design Organizational Behavior Cognitive Bias Institutional Decay Systems Thinking Decision-Making and Bias Historical Case Studies Design and Innovation
The Salt Water Civilization: Why Our Metric for Progress Is Making Us Thirsty15 March 2026·144 words·1 minSustainability and Future Progress Economics Psychology History Disaster Analysis Development and Inequality Decision-Making and Bias Systems ThinkingHow did we arrive at a system that measures success by GDP, even as it depletes our planet and erodes our well-being?
The Salt Water Civilization – Part 4: What We Could Count Instead15 March 2026·1405 words·7 minsSustainability and Future Progress Economics Psychology History Disaster Analysis Development and Inequality Decision-Making and Bias Systems Thinking
The Salt Water Civilization – Part 3: The Tyranny of the Meter Stick15 March 2026·1415 words·7 minsSustainability and Future Progress Economics Psychology History Disaster Analysis Development and Inequality Decision-Making and Bias Systems Thinking
The Salt Water Civilization – Part 2: The Invention of the Hunger15 March 2026·1377 words·7 minsSustainability and Future Progress Economics Psychology History Disaster Analysis Development and Inequality Decision-Making and Bias Systems Thinking
The Salt Water Civilization – Part 1: The Pyramid Paradox15 March 2026·1241 words·6 minsSustainability and Future Progress Economics Psychology History Disaster Analysis Development and Inequality Decision-Making and Bias Systems Thinking
On the Feeding of the State1 March 2026·1677 words·8 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Political Theory State Capture Power Dynamics Behavioral Economics Policy Critique Optimization Decision-Making and Bias Policy and CritiqueA satirical exercise in the tradition of Machiavelli's* The Prince *— examining the mechanics of state capture through the eyes of those who would engineer it.