Reporting · DeliverySeptember 1, 2026 · 4 min read
How Late the Bad News Arrives
Every recovery I have walked into had the same giveaway: someone knew before the steering committee did. The cost sits in the gap between those two days.
Essays
Writing for the people who have to land it
Everything here is about the part of the work that AI cannot compress.
Governance · DeliveryAugust 28, 2026 · 5 min read
Testing Automation Is a Verification Question
Most developers don't fully trust AI-generated code. Fewer than half verify it before it ships. More automated testing is the obvious fix, and it treats the symptom.
Adoption · ReportingAugust 20, 2026 · 5 min read
Adoption Isn't the Same as Trust
When Copilot is the only tool available, adoption hits 68 percent. Give people a free choice and it falls to 8. The dashboard was never measuring what we thought.
Delivery · GovernanceAugust 19, 2026 · 6 min read
Delivery Decides What Survives
AI took away the grace period bad delivery used to get. The failure mode hasn't changed. Only the amount of warning before it costs something.