Insights
Writing on leadership, operating visibility, and AI.
Field notes from the work: aligning business and technology, making execution predictable, and getting real value out of AI.
Never Forget
September 11, 2001.
September 11, 2026
Complexity Was Never the Problem.
Complexity is a property of a string. Exposure is a fact about the world. Most security programs test the string.
September 7, 2026
One in Twelve Still Gets Through.
OpenAI rated its own model Critical for cyber and published the number: jailbreak refusal went from 59 percent to 91.5 percent. Credit for publishing it. Now invert it.
September 5, 2026
What a Fractional CTO Costs.
Ask ten firms what a fractional CTO costs and you get ten versions of "it depends." That is a dodge. Here are the numbers.
September 4, 2026
The Model in the Press Release Is Not the One You Get.
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra and said welcome to the AGI era. At least three different products are wearing that name, and the one in the coverage is not on your account.
September 4, 2026
Model-Agnostic Is a Contract Term Now.
Nvidia's commitment to keep Hugging Face open is sincere. It is also a promise, and a promise is not a control.
September 3, 2026