Saturation Is Not the Problem
An eighty-page IT audit can be technically perfect and still leave a CEO unable to decide. Frank Herbert and four failed Dune adaptations explain why.
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The Accusation Already Written
In a real trial, both parties are heard before the verdict. In most organizations, the trial of a technical decision happens with only one version of events ...
The Leica Eye
An AI trained on ten thousand cases sees the pattern. A practitioner who has lived a hundred sees exactly why this one is different.
The Pit Wall and the Cockpit
The pit wall sees the data. The driver feels the car. When these two readings diverge — and they always diverge — the quality of the outcome depends entirely...
Pekin Express
“We need more data” is not an analytical statement. It’s a political one. The truck keeps passing.
The Kitchen
Your senior engineer’s availability is a risk indicator, not a performance indicator. The kitchen that runs on heroism will collapse the day you need it most.
Looking Inside the Walls
Most executives don’t commission IS audits because they sense what will be found. The avoidance is deliberate, not ignorant. And it’s expensive.
Prescribing Without Examining
Tech consulting has a structural incentive to validate your pre-existing diagnosis, not challenge it. You’re paying for ammunition, not medicine.