Field notes and frameworks

You Don’t Need Better Prompts. You Need a Knowledge Graph.

2026-03-09 · 23 min read

A practical guide to why prompting is a tactic, context is infrastructure, and a knowledge graph is how you stop GTM drift.

Agentic Traffic and AEO: Where Websites Fit in 2026

2026-02-16 · 6 min read

A 2026 update to Highways and Side Streets, plus the operating system for AI-readable websites.

How to Tell Your Differentiation Is About to Become a Release Note

2026-02-25 · 7 min read

A short diagnostic for spotting when your wedge is about to get bundled into “already part of the platform.”

How to Recalibrate Fast (Before the Market Recalibrates You)

2026-02-26 · 7 min read

A 7–14 day sprint to stop selling what’s getting bundled and start selling what can’t.

How Small Teams Win Against Giants

2026-02-27 · 7 min read

A posture and playbook for small teams competing near platforms with weekly release cadences.

AI Killed Servant Leadership

2025-05-15 · 5 min read

From zero‑interest "peacetime" growth to AI‑accelerated "wartime" precision: how Active Leadership and AI‑first operating systems unlock profitable growth.

Opportunity Lives in the Lag

2026-01-12 · 3 min read

A two-week operating cadence for turning ambiguity into decisions, bets, and proof.

Highways and Side Streets

2024-05-24 · 4 min read

B2B Marketing Sites in the Age of Generative AI

The Five-Stage Operating System for Career Development (With AI)

2025-10-13 · 6 min read

A Comprehensive Guide to Creating an Individual Growth Plan Using ChatGPT

When Execution Gets Cheap, Judgment Wins

2025-11-13 · 5 min read

How I build clarity, grow leaders, and sustain pace as the load rises

Strategic Composition for Digital Teams: An Economic Approach

2023-11-08 · 16 min read

The Economics of Agile Team Structure

Stay Above the Curve

2023-03-30 · 7 min read

A compounding loop for staying above the growth curve as execution gets cheaper.