Nobody Orders a Substation the Week the Tenant Walks In.

Nobody Orders a Substation the Week the Tenant Walks In.by: Anthony S. JacksonPublished on: 05/10/2026

Technology spend is usually judged by its size. Judge it by its direction instead: aimed at the class of customer the business intends to win, built one band ahead, and paid for by re-aiming what you already spend.

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The Decision Was Written Down. Finding Why It Was Made Still Took Five Hours.

The Decision Was Written Down. Finding Why It Was Made Still Took Five Hours.by: Anthony S. JacksonPublished on: 02/10/2026

Good documentation isn't the same as findable documentation. The line almost nobody writes, what would make us reconsider this, is the one that actually saves the hours.

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It Took Half an Hour. My Pride Was Not the Proof It Worked.

It Took Half an Hour. My Pride Was Not the Proof It Worked.by: Anthony S. JacksonPublished on: 01/10/2026

Pride that a tool worked and evidence that it worked are not the same thing. Most AI productivity numbers skip the check and only reach the people still using the tool.

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She Said She Wasn't Sure She Could. I Was the One Who Hadn't Done My Job.

She Said She Wasn't Sure She Could. I Was the One Who Hadn't Done My Job.by: Anthony S. JacksonPublished on: 30/09/2026

A confidence problem and a scope problem produce the exact same sentence, "I wasn't sure," which is why the standard fix for one, reassurance, does nothing for the other.

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