Writing that moves between disciplines.
Essays on AI, institutions, management, education, philosophy, careers and the working life — written from the vantage point of a practitioner who spends his days inside complex organisations.
The Curse of Foggy Minds: A Critique of Policy-Making Without Accountability
A critique of policy-making that hides behind abstraction and escapes measurable accountability.
Read essay →The Contextual Imperative: Why AI Strategy Cannot Be Commoditized
AI strategy is contextual: maturity, infrastructure, culture and organizational self-knowledge determine what actually works.
Read essay →Interest Is Not a Proxy for Ability. Ability Is Not a Proxy for Interest.
The best managers learn to distinguish interest from ability — and calibrate intervention accordingly.
Read essay →The Practical Gita: What the Gita Offers Every Institution
The Gita as a framework for clarity, institutional dynamics, leadership and action under pressure.
Read essay →The Architecture of the Final Room
A reflection on failure, vacancy and building a coherent life after a path finally closes.
Read essay →The Case Against Easy Exams: Why Lowering the Bar Damages More Than It Helps
A defence of rigor as a democratic mechanism for protecting competence, trust and readiness.
Read essay →The Double Life of the Working Writer
A meditation on the tension between a professional day job and the private necessity of writing.
Read essay →The Most Valuable Ticket at Any Conference is a Volunteer Badge
Why beginning again at the ground floor can be a professional and human superpower.
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