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Business Strategy

Content examining strategic approaches to business challenges, innovation frameworks, market positioning, and organizational development.

6ad12dffadd9d896333e585a 2026-10-15

Software Is Content Now

I built my own version of a freemium phone game on the way to school drop-off instead of downloading it. The same shift is hitting app makers, Adobe, and startup strategy, and it changes how we judge a business, a job, or a bet.

6acfb9bdadd9d896333e5789 2026-10-14

Crawling Down the Stack

With AI maintaining it, I can run my site on a bare server instead of paying a platform to make hosting easy. Middlemen from hosting platforms to Airtable sell that ease. Agents deliver it for cents, eventually for free, so their customers shrink to people who haven't heard about AI yet.

6ac53d311a6b1b06a8395dbb 2026-10-06

Your Checking Account Runs on Friction

Your checking account pays almost nothing, and you leave money there anyway because moving it is a hassle. AI agents that handle the hassle could change how households manage cash, and bank stocks already flinched. It's a preview of how today's AI changes everyday life without getting any smarter.

6a17460b89328a11f6052ff4 2026-05-27

Your app is not the moat

The app is only one way to view the work. The durable value is the context, preferences, data, and improvement loop underneath it, whether you're managing your own AI-ready vault or building a company customers keep coming back to.

69e9495425cc3b15a7f2127e 2026-04-22

the rename

Progress Over Perfection is now Field Notes. The old name described a worldview. The new one describes what's actually in the box.

69e8c6b8c9e3630642d753c2 2026-02-28

Your Team Has the Tools. But Nothing Has Changed.

Smart, accomplished leaders are quietly paralyzed by AI. They feel the pressure. They see the opportunity. They can't translate it into forward motion. I help them see the destination and get there.

69e8c6b8c9e3630642d753c1 2026-02-19

"I Can Do Anything" Is a Terrible Pitch

AI is changing how work gets done and most people know it but don't know what to do about it. I help them figure that out. I'm still working on how to help a stranger recognize the solution to their problem in my offering.

69e8c6b8c9e3630642d753ba 2025-09-07

Building an AI Practice (And Maybe a Class)

I've been trying to figure out how I got comfortable with AI so I can help others get there. There are many tricks and tips that can be shared that can make someone more effective but the thing I keep coming back to is the practice. The more

69e8c6b8c9e3630642d753b4 2025-06-11

How to Move Your Team from AI Fear to AI Fluency

An 8-step framework to transform your team from AI-anxious to AI-fluent. This "Crawl, Walk, Run" approach addresses both technology and culture, turning individual AI wins into organizational competitive advantage.

69e8c6b8c9e3630642d753b3 2025-06-05

How AI Changes What's Possible, Not Just What's Faster

AI isn't just making existing processes faster—it's enabling organizations to adopt capabilities they could never afford before. This creates leapfrog advantages for players previously locked out by resource constraints.