Thinking
What we've learned from building things, testing things, and writing about it.
We build things, we test things, and we write about what we learn. Actionable insight for practitioners and business owners navigating change — grounded in thirty years of doing the work.
Research
April 2026
When Your Tools Change But the Problems Don't
When Good Analysis Produces Bad Recommendations
The analysis correctly identifies the critical findings — but the recommendation contradicts or softens them. Why the gap between analysis and output is a structural problem, not a competence problem.
Boundary Drift — How Delegated Authority Expands Without Anyone Deciding It Should
The risk nobody is naming in delegated production environments. How authority boundaries expand incrementally until the governance structure no longer matches the operating reality.
Attention Economics — When Your Production Capacity Outstrips Your Decision Bandwidth
What happens when a solo founder or small practice can produce faster than they can decide. The governance challenge that comes after the efficiency problem is solved.
May 2026
Governing Delegated Production
Earning Trust by Evidence, Not by Promise — A Delegation Governance Framework
A practical framework for progressive delegation based on observable evidence, not promises or assumptions. Applicable to any environment where authority is delegated and trust must be earned.
Check the Output, Not the Input — Why Most Quality Gates Are Pointed the Wrong Way
Most quality frameworks filter what goes in. The problems are in what comes out. Why output governance is the defence that matters — and why input filtering gives false confidence.
Verify, Don't Infer — The Production Discipline That Prevents Unauthorised Decisions
One rule that prevents the most common category of production error: acting on inference rather than verification. How to embed the discipline at the operating level, not the policy level.
Running a Project When the Production Toolchain Has Changed
The production tools have changed but the project governance hasn't caught up. How to actually run a programme where the delivery methods have fundamentally shifted — without losing the disciplines that make the work reliable.
Specification Attrition — How Production Pressure Silently Degrades Your Design Intent
The specification was right when it was written. The delivered output is subtly wrong. How production pressure systematically strips architecturally significant detail — and why nobody notices until downstream.
June 2026
Quality and Evidence
What If We Held Production Testing to Legal Evidence Standards?
What would change if every test result had to withstand the scrutiny of a legal review, a regulatory audit, or a professional indemnity claim? The case for evidence-grade testing in production environments.
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