Subject in the Almanac Index
Leadership
Responsibility, authority, teams, founders, and organizational direction.
The Personal Monopoly Protocol: Escaping the Competition Trap
Most businesses are built by looking at the person next to them.
The Architectural Impatience: Listening to the Systemic Signal
Impatience can point to delay, uncertainty, a missed commitment, or work that seems disconnected from its purpose.
The Methodology Fallacy: Why Systems Can’t Save Poor Talent
When a project struggles, changing methodology can look easier than examining capability, incentives, leadership, or the work itself.
The Anatomy of Impact: Beyond Seniority and Hypocrisy
In the legacy world, "Impact" is often confused with authority.
Can the work continue without you?
Founder dependence can look like strength for a long time.
The Signature Protocol: Why You Must Kill the "Approval" Addiction.
There is a subtle game played in every office.
The Opinion Observer: Decoupling from the Ego
An opinion is an interpretation, not an identity. That distinction creates room between a thought and a response.
The Friction Protocol: Why Consensus is a Lie
In most companies, "Conflict" is seen as a failure. HR departments exist to smooth it over. Managers are trained to "resolve" it. This is a mistake.
The Systemic Sensor: Probing the Human Nodes
Many organisational failures become visible first as differences in experience. Reports and meetings can reveal part of a system.
Empathy Walk — A Short Guide to Seeing What You Usually Miss
Empathy Walk (from Theory U) is a way to sense the system through another person’s eyes : not to agree, fix, or feel, but to see what you usually miss.
Learning does not excuse careless delivery
“At least we learned something” can be an honest conclusion after an experiment. It can also be a convenient sentence after careless work.
The origin of DLM
From the Architect, August 5, 2025 Every framework has a first sentence. For DLM, mine was this: in the LLM era, DLM matters more. 1.
Seven Things I Wish I Had Known When Starting Out as a ScrumMaster
Historical anchor: May 16, 2012. Republished with a present-day author's note on August 30, 2026.
What I would keep from an old list of high achievers
In June 2009, I wrote a list of qualities I associated with high achievers.