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Coming of Age, Recursive Adaptation
"Harvey was a very adaptable person, with a keen eye and ear for every face and tone about him." Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous This essay can be accessed here on my jgcii substack: Coming of Age, Recursive Adaptation - by John Chambers
Aug 71 min read


Whose Culpability
Scapegoats make life’s explanations and worry less uncomfortable. Unraveling the threads, attempting to detangle the spools of risk is disconcerting work. But if one target can be identified, the explanation is a neat fit; no need to go deeper. The bad guy is caught. But for those building ships or creating minds in machines, depth is a mandate, an expectation on which humanity depends.
Jul 311 min read


Talent Conveyance, Humanity's Edge
“Why do you want to join the force?” “To protect the property and citizenry of –" “Ah, don't waste my time with that bull----” Characters, Jim Malone and Giuseppi Petri, The Untouchables (1987) This article can be read at SubStack here: Talent Conveyance, Humanity's Edge - by John Chambers
Jun 121 min read


The Interim's Inspiration
"The Interim's Inspiration" by John Chambers can be found on his Substack here: The Interim's Inspiration - by John Chambers
Jun 51 min read


Sellers, Marketers, Makers -- Innovation's Ancestry
“In many cases there are times when an invention is technologically possible –- and in which it may indeed appear necessary, as the telescope may have -- but without a market the idea will not sell, and in the absence of the technical and social infrastructure to support it, the invention will not survive.” James Burke, Connections (1978) This essay can be found on the jgcii substack here: Sellers, Marketers, Makers: Innovation's Ancestry
May 281 min read


Empathy: Leadership Strength
“Who is the living food for the machines…- ? Who lubricates the machine joints with their own blood - ? Who feeds the machines with their own flesh - ? Let the machines starve, you fools - ! Let them die - ! Kill them - the machines - !” (Metropolis, 1927) This essay can be found on Substack here: Empathy as Strength - by John Chambers
May 71 min read


Enterprise Risk Management: Pascal's Inspiration
Essay can be found at this Substack link. Enterprise Risk Management: Pascal's Inspiration
Apr 301 min read


Give the People What They Want
Something else was not born yesterday -- the customer-centric enterprise.
Apr 221 min read


Program Management Head: AI Evolutionist
hen we forgot about our resolutions. They became perennial champ-wannabes at the bottom of baseball standings, discarded and ignored only after a month or two of a new season.
Not all resolutions can be safely hidden in procrastination.
Mar 296 min read


Nexus of Familiar to Unfamiliar
"If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path." Joseph Campbell* This article was moved to Substack here: https://jgcii.substack.com/p/nexus-of-familiar-to-unfamiliar
Dec 21, 20251 min read