A Trip To Another World
This is the story about a shared restless urge, a clue and a journey of creatively seeking meaning and greatness. I hope that this is of value to anyone else on a similar journey.
Short pieces
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Agile AI and Automation Tech Stack
The tech stack is now complete as version 1.0 The key breakthrough is that whilst automation has existed for a long time for defined and repeatable workflows, having AI in the loop means that suddenly analysis, synthesis and interpretation can be included in repeatable automated workflows without the human intervention. In logistics the most difficult…
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To Dare and To Conquer Summary
Special Operation and the destiny of nations – by Derek Leebaert Special operations have repeatedly bent the arc of history. At decisive moments, small groups of “picked men” seized impossibly high-leverage opportunities, transforming desperate struggle into breakthrough, and breakthrough into conquest. Although not explicitly outlined in the book, I noticed a familiar pattern: Struggle >…
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Teams and metaphors
The Good ship in slack waters. The metaphor brings the team meaning. As you start to build up your team, you’ll notice certain images, narratives, and symbols filter through in the language that people use. But it’s not something that can be contrived. Often it’s compelled by the situation, by the dynamics of the team in…
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Pre-rubicon Reading Material
The rubicon represents the moment of commitment to a course of actions. When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49 BCE, he broke Roman law and sealed the fate of the Republic. The Rubicon was a small river marking the northern boundary of Italy, and generals were forbidden to lead their armies across it under…
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Shouting gratitude
He was a busker, I guess, and I used to see him down by the point. Walking under the coconut palms around the boardwalk with his flat-tuned guitar which he’d seldomly strum for a few seconds before getting distracted by something. I could hear him shouting from afar, his mad belly laughs and then outbursts…
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Team identities ⚓︎ Ship o’ Theseus ⚓︎ Siddhartha
If every member of a team was replaced, one by one, is it still the same team? The Ship of Theseus is a classic thought experiment which asks if you changed every piece of the ship, plank by plank, and if every part is replaced. Is it the same ship? Does this apply to teams? …