Writing

Essays & frameworks

Long-form thinking on systems, allocation, constraints, and how things actually work — published as it's worked out.

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The map is not the territory — but you still need a map

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Allocation

The business as a system of flows

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Constraints

Why the binding constraint hides

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Sequencing

Order of operations in a system

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Modeling

Maps, models, and resolution

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Leverage

The result, not the move

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Causality

Structure over symptom

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Throughput and the illusion of busyness

Allocation · Mar 2026

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What a model owes you

Modeling · Feb 2026

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Sequencing: why order beats effort

Sequencing · Feb 2026

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The constraint you can't see from inside

Constraints · Jan 2026

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Leverage is a result, not a lever

Leverage · Jan 2026

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