For those wondering about our new book, here's a video (under one minute) that covers the…
For those wondering about our new book, here's a video (under one minute) that covers the main themes.
Thoughts
Thoughts from Yair and David
Short pieces on designing organizations for volatility. Each one first appeared on LinkedIn.
Today's the day.
Designed for Volatility is out. AI, tariffs, shifting competition, global conflicts, supply-chain shocks. Most organizations are trying to absorb these hits and get back to normal. But normal isn't…
What does it take to build an organization that gets stronger when the world gets more…
Here's what our new book, Designed for Volatility, is about in under a minute. The book is available now in paperback and Kindle. Link to the book in the first comment.
Old Ways of Leadership Won’t Work in the Age of AI
Michel Koopman’s Fast Company article “Old ways of leadership won’t work in the age of AI. Change these 5 things” (Sept 23, 2026) argues that AI is rewriting authority itself. He recounts overriding…
Great post and video, Adam.
The distinction between “employees using AI” and building a true AI operating model is one of the most important conversations happening right now. What’s becoming clear is that this goes far beyond…
Real life antifragile design
Two scoops of dirt and both “redundant” lines were gone. Same physical path, two different companies. That story shows the gap perfectly. Two contracts do not create two routes. When the cables share…
A data network that feeds air traffic control across Italy developed faults overnight.
Controllers kept full capacity until morning traffic built. Then they cut the number of planes they would handle to half. A satellite backup later raised that to three-quarters. Full capacity…
Alexis Krivkovich and the McKinsey team just published a clear signal of where…
Humans and AI agents (virtual and physical) working side by side at scale. AI-first workflows. Flat networks of outcome-aligned agentic teams. Proprietary data as the real competitive moat…
Seth Godin just published a sharp, timely piece that lands hard: “A Good Worker”.
He admits he’s never been a “good worker” in the traditional sense—showing up, doing exactly what’s asked, no questions, focused only on what the boss wants. That model, he argues, was engineered for…
Texas has a nuclear pilot that just passed a major safety step.
The reactor core sits in a vault that takes about one parking space—114 square feet. It relies on proven pressurized-water technology and ordinary low-enriched fuel. You can link several units…
A storm hit the Gulf Coast.
Power went out for hundreds of thousands of customers. Most had it back in two days. That speed was not luck. Utilities had crews and equipment already in place before the wind arrived. They called…
On Monday a shipyard in Virginia told two shifts not to come in.
The yard itself had not broken. Salt left on a downtown substation by last week’s storm met overnight mist, the equipment faulted, and the power went out. About 6,000 customers lost power. The…
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