Thinking out loud, in public.
One letter every two weeks on what AI is actually doing to human judgment at work.
May 22, 2026
I Found a Speech I Gave 30 Years Ago. I'm Still Giving It.Thirty years ago I gave my student convocation address at Dalhousie. Reading it now, the instincts in it are ones I still recognize.
March 30, 2026
The Saturday Debrief: Volume 3Field notes on a post that hit 53,000 impressions with no framework or credentials, and what that says about leading with recognition before research.
March 24, 2026
The Invisible ErosionHow AI is quietly replacing the judgment we can't afford to lose.
March 21, 2026
The Saturday Debrief: Volume 2Field notes on the founding Deliberate Intelligence essay's early response, and where the real AI governance line between personal use and organizational data actually sits.
March 17, 2026
We're making the same mistake with AI that we made with machines.Thirty years ago we built systems around equipment and forgot about the humans using them. We're doing it again.
March 14, 2026
The Saturday Debrief: Volume 1Field notes on the ergonomics profession's authority gap, StoryBrand's hero framing, and the interpretation gap in workplace wearable data.
March 11, 2026
The two-inch fix that changes everythingWhat ski teaching taught me about workplace performance, and why small position changes have disproportionately large results.
March 6, 2026
We built the machines. Then we forgot about the people using them.Why I spent 30 years studying how work fails people.