What’s in a name?

Too often, business writing takes the downwind course. This translates to conventional wisdom, hot takes, the easy angles.

Close-tacking is the nautical term for obtaining an optimal course at the absolute minimum angle against the wind, requires precision and the willingness to continually adjust. Seasoned sailors know you can’t win races without it.

My goal is to publish provocations about what really creates velocity in organizations and what creates drag: why your best people leave, how AI reshapes team structure, which org design decisions compound over time, and the patterns most leaders miss because they’re moving too fast to notice.

These essays are for operators, systems-thinkers, and builders.

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