This is the core principle of via negativa — and it may be the most powerful mental model for focus and productivity that most people have never applied.
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, the company was forty days from bankruptcy.… Read the rest “Via Negativa: The Ancient Mental Model That Cures Modern Distraction”
A companion piece to I Got Replaced by ChatGPT — Then Rehired at Triple the Rate
Experience compounds or decays. The difference isn’t the years — it’s whether you know exactly what you’ve built.
The worst professional mistake I’ve made wasn’t a bad decision. It was describing myself wrong for a decade.… Read the rest “The Human Premium: A Career Audit for Professionals with 10–25 Years of Experience”
You don’t need to pay £9,000 a month to find out where your AI strategy is failing. This AI systems audit guide gives you a map — and this is how you build one in five working days.
The most valuable thing I deliver to a client in our first week isn’t a 50-page strategy deck.… Read the rest “How to Run an AI Systems Audit for Your Organisation in 5 Working Days”
You don’t need to pay £9,000 a month to find out where your AI strategy is failing. This AI systems audit guide gives you a map — and this is how you build one in five working days.
The most valuable thing I deliver to a client in our first week isn’t a 50-page strategy deck.… Read the rest “How to Run an AI Systems Audit for Your Organisation in 5 Working Days”
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This post contains the full AI systems audit methodology: 20-question diagnostic, scored prioritisation matrix, Architecture Brief template, and the framework that decides what to fix first.
Running an AI systems audit before designing your architecture is not optional — it is the correct sequence.… Read the rest “AI Systems Audit: The 4-Week Diagnostic Process”
🛑 Get the AI Audit Template: Gumroad | Ko-Fi
This post contains the full AI systems audit methodology: 20-question diagnostic, scored prioritisation matrix, Architecture Brief template, and the framework that decides what to fix first.
Running an AI systems audit before designing your architecture is not optional — it is the correct sequence.… Read the rest “AI Systems Audit: The 4-Week Diagnostic Process”
Information architecture — the way data flows between your systems, your people, and your decisions — is failing in most organisations. Not because of the wrong tools. Because of the wrong design.
Information architecture is one of those concepts that sounds technical but is, at its core, a leadership skill.… Read the rest “Information Architecture for Non-Technical Leaders: 3 Questions”
Information architecture — the way data flows between your systems, your people, and your decisions — is failing in most organisations. Not because of the wrong tools. Because of the wrong design.
Information architecture is one of those concepts that sounds technical but is, at its core, a leadership skill.… Read the rest “Information Architecture for Non-Technical Leaders: 3 Questions”
