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Observability: Long Past, Daunting Future

"Observed failure of certain organ systems of the body could predict behavior of the whole person, which could in turn predict behavior in the social body en masse." Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map (2007) Our observability timeline starts in the Paleolithic era, evolving over innumerable generations, encumbered by limitations of synthesis and instrumentation. That human timeline is now joined by our machine partners. 500,000 BCE, Proto-observability . A shivering Neand

Jan 187 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.” [emphasis added] James Burke, Connection s (1978) His aim was historical research; but our lens focuses on the firm -- the place you dwell (mentally and physically)

May 31, 20216 min read

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 In...

Feb 5, 20214 min read

Still Remote? Tomorrow, Next Year, Always?

Remote work is not It is not a "pioneering"

Oct 20, 20206 min read

Two Weeks?!! Embracing Architecture within Agile

Two weeks -- the duration of most Agile sprints in companies today. It’s also the length of time that each reno phase was promised to Walter Fielding. Walter was the character that Tom Hanks played in the decades-old comedy The Money Pit. Trying to maintain sanity in their lives and their relationship, he and his partner Anna (Shelley Long) waded through the project from hell. "Two weeks?!!" Walter screamed in exasperation. Bludgeoned into reality, he found that “two weeks”

Oct 13, 20206 min read