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Essays

Where the argument keeps going.

Short essays on decisions boards and executives are facing now. Each one starts with a situation and works out what it asks of the people in charge. A new one most weeks.

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  • Continuous-line sketch of a person turning a page over at a boardroom table, papers fanned in front of them.
    The Second Map

    The map beneath the chart

    Where the Second Map begins — reliance, formation, and the places responsibility has already moved to before the org chart notices.

    Sep 8, 2026 · 6 min read
  • Continuous-line sketch of two colleagues at a table reviewing a single résumé, one leaning in to ask a question.
    Talent

    The hiring question changed

    The question is no longer 'can this person do the work' but 'can this person own the work when a system does the first pass'.

    Sep 1, 2026 · 6 min read
  • Continuous-line sketch of one person pointing to a wall diagram while another sketches an overlay on a second sheet.
    Organizational Design

    The incomplete org chart

    Why the org chart no longer describes where work actually forms — and what the Second Map has to add.

    Aug 25, 2026 · 6 min read
  • Continuous-line sketch of three colleagues around a board table, one leaning forward mid-discussion.
    Board Governance

    The board committee that owns AI, and the one that thinks it does

    How to structure oversight so audit, risk, and technology committees stop competing for the same authority.

    Aug 22, 2026 · 7 min read
  • Continuous-line sketch of a person writing in an open notebook beside a laptop, mid-translation.
    Organizational Design

    The translator problem

    Every AI system has a person who reframes its output. That person is often the most powerful role in the sequence — and the least visible.

    Aug 22, 2026 · 7 min read
  • Continuous-line sketch of two colleagues reviewing a decision at a laptop, one taking notes.
    AI Leadership

    Voice Rights in the age of copilots

    Who is allowed to speak into a decision when the model got there first?

    Aug 22, 2026 · 6 min read
  • Continuous-line sketch of a person at a laptop, hand hovering over the keyboard, mid-decision.
    AI Governance

    Why "human in the loop" is not a governance model

    A phrase that describes an interface, mistaken for a discipline.

    Aug 22, 2026 · 6 min read
AI in the Org Chart

AI is changing who decides inside the organization.

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