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• The Verifier Never Showed Up120 min readIdentity & AuthenticationLeadership & ProductPublic Policy

  Thirty years of digital identity programs, sorted by how they actually failed, and why the half of the system that decides adoption is the half nobody funds.

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• Steve Jobs, AI, and the Problem of Analysis Without OwnershipJuly 9, 20265 min readAILeadership & Product
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• When Building Gets Cheap, Distribution Becomes DestinyFebruary 19, 202612 min readLeadership & ProductAI
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• When AI Injects Liquidity Into Skills: What Happens to the Middle Tier?May 17, 20257 min readAILeadership & Product
• The Strategic Reality of Enterprise Deployment OptionsApril 8, 20255 min readLeadership & Product
• Strategic Product End-of-Life DecisionsApril 4, 20255 min readLeadership & Product
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• The Myth of Non-Technical Product ManagementNovember 17, 20242 min readLeadership & Product
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• When Words Mislead: Cybersecurity’s Terminology ProblemAugust 21, 20242 min readSecurity PracticeLeadership & Product
• Building Effective Roadmaps through Mission, Vision, and Strategy AlignmentMay 29, 20243 min readLeadership & Product
• Transitioning from Reactive to ProactiveMay 29, 20242 min readLeadership & ProductSecurity Practice
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• The Importance of Proper Measurement in Enterprise IT Management: Lessons from Cloud DeploymentsFebruary 9, 20233 min readLeadership & ProductSecurity Practice
• The Evolution of Security ThinkingMarch 25, 20184 min readSecurity PracticeLeadership & Product
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• Farm boy sensibilities and the importance of contractsMay 22, 20152 min readLeadership & Product
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• The bias of experience and ignorance of youthApril 25, 20142 min readLeadership & Product
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• Wanted: IT Analyst [Tokyo]July 3, 20122 min readLeadership & Product
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• Leaving Microsoft, My Goodbye LetterJanuary 16, 20122 min readLeadership & Product
• The Contrition of a Security PractitionerMay 27, 20103 min readSecurity PracticeLeadership & Product