AI Problems
The AI problem isn't alignment — it's that humans aren't wired to engage with what's coming
The AI problem isn't alignment — it's that humans aren't wired to engage with what's coming
Quarterly template for any business to audit current AI usage, identify gaps, and set next-quarter priorities
What business problem am I actually solving — and can I say it without using the word "AI"?
The rate you can earn on an account over a year and it includes compound gains.
Your biases are running. The question is whether you're aware of them. Knowing your biases is self-mastery — the foundation of agency. Using them is persuasion. Both directions start here.
Business Intelligence
Who owns your data — and what happens when you need to leave?
The brain is a prediction machine. Uncertainty is expensive.
What happens to the decisions you never wrote down?
System one vs system two thinking.
How AI agents access decision context - the memory layer that makes agents useful
What is the shortest route to viable value?
The art of winning.
Good dashboards tell a story that helps to make the right decisions at the right time.
Data is the most Valuable Asset.
What turns raw observations into competitive advantage?
When the matrix reveals a gap, how do you decide whether to explore it or exploit what you already have?
Decision fatigue is a design problem, not a discipline problem.
OODA, heuristics, algorithms — tools for complex choices under pressure.
Have you written down the most important decisions you need to act on?
Good decisions follow good questions that clearly define the real problem
Same input, same output — or not. That distinction shapes everything.
Everyone is wrong about something at some point in time.
Intelligence is not scarce — locked-up intelligence is the crisis, and open-source AI is the key.
Master the meta-capability of asking the right question at the right time
Fear gets a person moving. Dreams give them direction. Together, they build purpose.
Build the discipline to see the future before others do
What manager allows you to rewrite core systems three times? No manager. That's why we don't have managers.
What are the best games to play for gaining skills that improve capability to predict the future?
Every strategic decision is a game — the outcome depends not just on what you do, but on what others do simultaneously.
Diagrams | Matrices | Thinkers
Hacker Laws, shortcuts for thinking that require constant reexamination and renewal.
Why do we value immediate rewards more than long-term rewards?
Why do we place disproportionately high value on things we helped to create?
Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome — Charlie Munger
Information (Signal) is only as good as your capability to act on insights with maximum effectiveness.
What's the cheapest way to run your stack at each stage of the business?
How would you beat yourself?
What if the fastest path forward is to figure out what guarantees failure — and walk the other way?
What financial instruments tell you whether the factory is compounding or burning?
Run minimum cost experiments on reversible decisions, and let the data compound.
Everyone needs a prompt in the right direction now and then. Evolve mental hooks to think with clarity and take the best action with unconscious competence in times of pressure.
How many lifetimes are wasted every minute across the globe in pointless meetings?
Predictable outcomes builds better teams than random talent.
What are you giving up by choosing this path?
Persuasion is the practice that builds credibility - understanding what moves people to act
Build a pitch deck with Next.js and Shadcn
Diagrams | Matrices | Thinkers
Test predictions with real stakes
Track and validate predictions systematically
The Prompt
Priorities is the perceive that builds commitment - choosing what deserves your finite attention
Update beliefs systematically to size bets correctly
The hardest problem is identifying what the most important problem to focus on is.
Problem identification is the highest-leverage skill in the game
What can you adopt from Ray Dalio's principles to make better decisions?
Reciprocity bias describes the impulse to reciprocate actions others have done towards us. The desire to return favours, pay back debts and treat others well could have been a decisive evolutionary advantage for humans as it engenders cooperation. However, reciprocity bias can also work in reverse — in response to unfriendly actions, people will deliver back other unfriendly actions!
The chance that your investment outcome will be a substantial loss of potential energy.
Ideas, desires, constraints, obstacles, and forks right up until the end of the road.
Spirit and intent meeting capability to execute. That is the highest form of agency.
What ideas from rugby could be used for better business?
What does wisdom look like when it meets context?
What are the key principles for architecting systems that enable innovation and are performant?
Software's job is to help people solve problems that create real world value.
The discipline that separates the top 2% of forecasters from everyone else
Which gap in the feature matrix justifies this tool — and can you prove it?
What positions does every tech stack need to fill?
What if we played positive-sum games and measured Maximal Enablement Value instead of Extraction from an interconnected ecosystem?
What is the cheapest test that gives sufficient confidence?
What would it take to turn life into a game worth playing?
How do you earn the right to act decisively when it matters?
Masterclass in decision making and coaching others.
TAM calculation is not just for investors—it should inform product roadmap decisions and go-to-market strategies while providing realistic growth projections.
Play Touch For Fun: Across genders and generations, touch rugby is a sport open to everyone to get fit through play, learning new skills and make strong connections while having fun.
Develop mantras that enable better decision taking under pressure.
Which chain for which job? The answer depends on what you're proving, who you're serving, and what you're willing to pay for consensus.
How do you create something entirely new instead of copying what already exists?