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Latest — 09 Dec 2025

Grab Bag December 2025

(In addition to some travel, I am currently dealing with arthritis in my thumbs, perhaps from years of typing, mousing, and phone use. My typing is limited this week, excuse the terseness.) Affordability Often I see politicians spouting about the price of eggs or the price of hamburger. This chart

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Lying down with dogs

I am traveling this week and won't get to writing a full post. But I did want to pass on one story from my father-in-law, Garry. He would watch people making poor decisions, spending time with the wrong people, and he would say: If you lie down with

Changing Structure

Trump's "maximum disruption" approach has created a mess, but let's use the opportunity to rethink and renew our policies.

Whither Program Management

I read this thread about Cursor, which has scaled to $29B in revenue without any full-time PMs. I am guessing “PMs” are program managers based on context. I have a great affinity for the program manager job — and I am glad to see program management reset, getting back to basics.

Agency

I didn't realize the importance of agency early in my career, and I wish I had.

Culture

Apparently Peter Drucker never said "Culture eats strategy for breakfast", but I bet he wished that he had.

Putting the strategy cart in front of the customer horse

Products that put strategy in front of customer needs probably aren't going to succeed. Also college football, feds vs states, and other points.

Thoughts on American Dynamism

A focus on defense technology is an unacceptable and wholly inadequate vision for the country

Democracy

Politics happens every day, and the energy in Portland and for this weekend's No Kings events is inspiring.

Aiming higher

The country is pretty screwed up these days, so I am working harder to aim higher and do better. Some inspirational writing, art and commercial progress.