PMI’s model is operationally coherent but structurally incomplete. That incompleteness is not a detail—it is a category error. Any system that misidentifies success, legitimacy, or authority will distort outcomes at scale. Project management frameworks that define...
Recursive Constraint Modeling
Abstract Constraints are not arbitrary rules imposed from without; they are necessary invariants arising from the structure of reality itself. Human understanding—encoded through symbolic forms, languages, and mathematical models—attempts to approximate these...
A Method for Quiet Institutional Alignment
Institutions rarely break in obvious ways. They begin to stall. Tasks repeat without purpose. People withdraw slightly more each month. Meetings accumulate decisions that don’t lead to action. The words used inside the system—“alignment,” “ownership,”...
The Dark Side of Traditional Leadership Advice: A Critical Analysis of Leading When You’re Not in Charge
Reevaluating Traditional Leadership Advice and Its Limitations A widely circulated article recently suggested five key leadership principles when one is not in a position of power: Be Proactive Motivate Those Around You Look Beyond Your Job Role Recognize Others Share...
The Project Manager’s Toolbox
A martini glass and a crayon. What does a good project management workflow and software suite look like? Project Managers start their journey having crayons in their toolbox and looking for workflows and programs that educate them in the 'ways of project management'...
