Insights

Notes from the space between research and the job site.

Written for practitioners. If a piece can't change what you do on Monday, I don't publish it.

In progress

Why community opposition is usually a scheduling problem

The objection that sinks a project is rarely about the building. It's about when people found out. A look at what changes when engagement starts three months earlier.

In progress

Local hiring commitments that survive contact with a subcontractor

Most local hiring language is unenforceable by design. What a workable commitment looks like, and who has to own it internally.

In progress

Your development team outgrew its structure eighteen months ago

The signs show up as turnover and missed deadlines long before anyone calls it an org problem. A short diagnostic you can run yourself.

These are in draft. If you'd like one when it publishes, say so and I'll send it.