Writing

Essays, not posts: each one is a position I’m prepared to defend, drawn from running a real business. New sheets are added to the top of the index, and the RSS feed carries them in full.

• CK-03Chris, I love you, but you’re a roadblock.The line outside my office looked like proof I was doing the job well. It was proof of the opposite.August 1, 20267 min
• CK-02Culture is designed, not inheritedI walked into an acquired team expecting a people problem. I found an absence where a system should have been.August 1, 20266 min
• CK-0175 to 1,500 is its own disciplineBusinesses in this band are not scaled-down enterprises, and building for them as if they were is why most software fails them.August 1, 20267 min