Field notes

Ideas that survive contact with the work.

Original guides, operating models, and checklists for teams using automation and AI to make better decisions.

01Operational AI

A field guide to the context, permissions, and feedback loops an AI system needs before it can become useful at work.

02Responsible growth

A practical measurement model for teams that care about relevance, conversations, and reputation instead of activity theater.

03Automation craft

Retries, idempotency, alerts, and ownership: the unglamorous details that keep automations from becoming liabilities.

04Decision frameworks

A decision framework for choosing software without ignoring integration cost, operational risk, or exit options.

05AI governance

A practical control model for moving from answers to actions without giving a model more authority than the job requires.