Three Mistakes Leaders Make in Their First 90 Days
Assessing without aspiration, aspiring without coalition, and confusing quick wins with transformation. A perspective on putting an organization on a better trajectory.
Essays and notes on product,
cybersecurity, and leadership.
I help organizations think about strategy, authority, systems,
and adaptation in an increasingly autonomous world.
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Trajectory Governance: Govern the Path, Not the Step
A practical approach to governing outcomes and direction in systems that learn, adapt, and act with increasing autonomy.
Don’t Let the Fix Become the Next Exposure
Why the way we remediate matters, and how to reduce the risk of introducing tomorrow’s problem while solving today’s.
The PM Productivity Dividend: Where Should AI-Saved Time Go?
Three high-leverage ways product teams can reinvest AI-saved time to create more durable impact.
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Book
Beyond Posture: Why Security Must Govern Trajectories, Not Snapshots.
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Minimum Viable Coalition (MVC)
A practical way to think about the smallest durable coalition required for real change.
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