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When 99% Right Is 100% Wrong
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal Post in two sentences: Some decisions tolerate approximation. Others don’t, and the difference between success and failure is often the one assumption, detail, or dependency you failed to understand before taking action. In technology, “almost correct” often has the same outcome as completely wrong. One missing bracket in a line of…
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The Constraints We Never See
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal Post in two sentences: We instinctively recognize physical constraints because we can see them, yet the logical constraints shaping our decisions often remain invisible. Better decisions begin when we stop assuming every obstacle is external and ask whether our own logical thinking has subsequently become the constraint. The Constraints We Respect We are…
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Urgency Has a Way of Convincing Us That More Activity Is the Answer
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal Post in two sentences: Urgency often convinces us that doing more is the answer, when inconsistent results may actually be asking us to slow down long enough to understand what’s limiting progress. Sometimes the highest-leverage decision isn’t increasing activity, but creating the space to identify the real constraint. Leaders and entrepreneurs alike are…
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Before Your Next Move, Seek Understanding
One of the most enduring poems in the English language, The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was inspired by a military disaster during the Crimean War. I kind of half learnt it because my eldest brother had to memorize it for a school assignment and would walk around the house reciting…
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