A small and unexpected bit of encouragement from across the Pacific: two of my jazz tracks, “Waltz for the Unseen”… Read more
Month: June 2026
The Platform Before the Candidate
The first room at the Obama Presidential Center is quieter than visitors expect. People come in from Jackson Park ready… Read more
Meaning, the Seventh Moat: What Is Worth Doing
A mail route is one of those ordinary systems that reveals a civilization’s moral life better than most speeches do…. Read more
The Model T moment for AI
Most of what matters in technology arrives quietly. Not with a keynote. Not with a countdown clock and a curtain… Read more
Ownership, the Sixth Moat: The People Who Keep the Promise
Andrew Morton may have written one of the most important leadership memos of the year, and almost no one outside… Read more
Great Systems Outlive Their Heroes
Thank you, Andrew Morton. Andrew Morton may have written one of the most important leadership memos of the year, and… Read more