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Governance. Context.
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A body of work on how leaders build, govern, and orchestrate intelligent systems — from context engineering to agentic architectures to the transformation operating model.

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Four interconnected domains that define how organizations navigate the AI era. Each is a body of research, not just a topic.

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Product, organization, and transformation in the AI era.

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Multi-agent architectures, control planes, and orchestration.

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Writing, selecting, compressing, and isolating context at scale.

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Frameworks, compliance, ethics, and the EU AI Act.

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A knowledge graph forming a brain over a terminal — a governed context frame for a second brain

Context EngineeringField Note

Your Second Brain Needs a Better Context Frame

Notes pile up, the AI forgets, and the whole thing turns to slop. The missing piece isn't a better model or another app — it's a context frame. Here's the one I built, on video, plus a guide you can hand to your own AI.

Jul 7, 20263 min readApplied

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Athletes and Stewards

Most companies are arguing about whether to hire AI people or upskill domain people. There are two roles. And the second one — what most still call the domain expert — has quietly become a steward of the context the AI is actually reading from.

Apr 22, 20268 min readApplied

A figure standing on stacked, terraced platforms — layered structures rising into mist, illustrating abstraction layers in modern systems

PerspectiveField Note

If You're Abstracting Correctly, You Don't Feel Lost

The disorientation people feel right now isn't about pace. It's about being on the wrong layer for the problem — and forgetting that the wisdom for the right layer is older than most of us.

Apr 20, 20267 min readConcept

Four merged faces forming a single composite portrait, representing the four quotients — IQ, EQ, AQ, and CQ

AI StrategyFramework

The Four Quotients: Why IQ and EQ Aren't Enough Anymore

We grew up optimizing for IQ. Then EQ became the differentiator. The leaders who actually navigate the AI era are running on two more — AQ (adaptability) and CQ (curiosity).

Apr 12, 20267 min readConcept

A weekend build sprint — from whiteboard to shipped open source

Context EngineeringCase Study

A Year of Thinking, a Weekend of Building: How ContextNest Shipped

I spent a year writing about the context governance gap in enterprise AI. Then I had a window to do something about it. Here's what we built in 48 hours — and why it matters.

Mar 2, 20268 min readApplied

AI search results showing cited sources — the new battleground for visibility

Context EngineeringField Note

GEO: How to Get Cited by AI (A Practitioner's Playbook)

SEO got you into ten blue links. GEO gets you into the answer. Here's what actually works — backed by research, tested in production.

Mar 1, 20269 min readApplied

A chess board symbolizing strategic thinking and the shift from control to value in AI-assisted development

PerspectiveCase Study

Letting Go After Control: What Building a Chess Platform With AI Taught Me About Value

Reflecting on building a chess platform with AI reveals how software abundance shifts what matters from control and specification to judgment and value.

Jan 26, 20262 min readOperational

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