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Latest — 29 Jun 2026

Bland, Dull & Devoid of Personality

Any help with LLMs for writing will make you sound like a journalist, stripped of all idiosyncracy, which, for many, is not a bad thing. This is structural, the way statistical machines operate. LLMs are bland, dull, & devoid of personality. https://t.co/D78r07JQor — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) June

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Fancy Buggy Homebrew?

My recent post remembering the gorilla of an objection growing from the first use of an Enterprise system to run a business still swills around my mind. Where I mentioned in passing, vibecoding. I now discover those Private Equity masters of the universe love a bit of that. The FT

Chart Enemy Reframe

Conversely, in my view, capitalism means targeting the right enemy, not the wrong enemy: pic.twitter.com/AjC87ypo7z — Steve C. (@NeuterTheDebt) June 1, 2016 Ten years on, still needs sayin'. Away from triggering deluded "democratic socialists" aka commies, there's something for us to take from

Does The LEO Objection Handle Still Work Today?

My recent post remembering perhaps the first ever Enterprise computer system brought to mind on ol' example from them too. Hailing from the once-worthwhile In Business podcasts. It recalled LEO. Fundamental in the evolution of the business computer Not from a research lab, nor tech giant, but rather the

First Principles Audit for Cycle Shrinkage

Building on my recent SpaceX mega-IPO inspired Magic Wand and Idiot Index for Sales post. I mentioned the power of a First Principle Audit to truncate deal timelines. Best I add colour, by way of working framework. Lift off how you see fit. Take your fastest, cleanest wins. Ones that

Tea Shop Pioneered Computer-Enhanced Productivity

Yes, it's true. When I first fell into the business world of computing, one company had mythical status. For the first (anywhere?) such machine that actually ran a business was made not by a computer company. Although apparently sparked by a trip from England that saw some of

Calmly Instill Belief & Process

Well, that was a rollercoaster. Ingerlund got a W under their belt from the first World Cup game. Croatia put to the sword. As many a pundit suggests, it is strangely taking a non-English manager to finally unlock England playing in the gung-ho manner of our gangbuster world-leading Premier League.

Apply SpaceX Idiot Index to Your Sales Cycles

You may well know of manufacturing's Magic Wand Number. Famed from the SpaceX slashing of rocketry costs. When going back to 'first principles'. They worked out the cost of each component. The raw material cost. For which they then compared the finished piece cost. The difference

Selling's Platform Decay

Platform decay is the phenomenon where online platforms, services, and digital marketplaces steadily decline in quality over time. There's even a lifecycle trope around this. A concept you may already be familiar with. Through being more popularly known as enshittification. As but one summary suggests, this happens as

Sales Flowers At The Fringes

My worry for the AI matchmaker thesis is that singles don't want realistic, good-on-paper matches. Customers hire me for matchmaking precisely because I deliver unrealistic matches they can’t get elsewhere. AI pairing sounds nice, but actually think about the UX. Would you… — Blaine Anderson (@datingbyblaine) April 15,