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Idling

Idling

When finding the problem is too expensive

Jul 21, 2026

Can't Stop Losing

Can't Stop Losing

When confidence stood in for a floor

Jul 14, 2026

The Fee for Being Late

The Fee for Being Late

The bet that was right, and the vote that wasn't

Jul 7, 2026

The Inherited Label

The Inherited Label

When the system changes, but the assumptions remain the same

Jun 30, 2026

The Tech Giant That Never Existed

The Tech Giant That Never Existed

When Markets Use the Wrong Measuring Stick

Jun 23, 2026

A Blurred Lens

A Blurred Lens

When the right answer becomes the wrong outcome

Jun 16, 2026

Free Ride

Free Ride

When the Price is the Product

Jun 9, 2026

Land of the Blind

Land of the Blind

When the question no one asks becomes the question that costs everyone.

Jun 2, 2026

Bored of Apes

Bored of Apes

When the Music Stops

May 26, 2026

Blood Money

Blood Money

When Hope Becomes Fraud

May 19, 2026

Was the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

Was the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

When identity trumps logic

May 13, 2026

The Pattern Repeats

Scandal erupts. Villains are identified and punished. Everyone celebrates the system working as intended. But that's only half the story. The Pattern Repeats looks underneath the villain narratives we tell about business failures to find the architectural conditions that made the outcome rational before it became inevitable.

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