Essays on how groups and organizations make sense of complex problems, covering strategy, incentives, power, and systems, with examples from startups, marketplaces, and everyday communal life. The reader gets a framework of work archetypes, an analysis of how Turo prices booking lead time, and reflections on why shared practice builds social connection.
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Long-form essays on startup strategy, marketplaces, competitive moats and career growth, written by a former Chief Strategy Officer of Faire. Readers get structured frameworks and first-hand operating lessons applied to current topics like AI agents and AI startup valuations.
Commoncog publishes essays, case studies and interviews about developing business expertise, drawing on real company histories and practitioner experience. Readers get in-depth analysis of topics like handling disruptive change, organisational transformation and management tools, plus updates on the Commoncog membership and Case Library.
A newsletter of long-form essays on military theory and history, examining how wars are won or lost through concepts such as attrition, decisive battle and exploitation. It uses historical cases like the 1940 invasion of France to test and refine strategic ideas.
A series on the hidden assumptions beneath each layer of an organisation's strategy, framed by the author's Decision Stack model. It uses case studies like Netflix's Qwikster and Nokia's Symbian, plus first-hand product leadership experience, to explain why strategy fails and how to align leadership.
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