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On decision intelligence.
How leading teams turn expert judgment into infrastructure — and make decisions they can defend.
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18 June 2026 · 6 min read
The step before the AI: why structure beats more data
Most AI projects stall because they skip the layer that turns messy expert knowledge into something a model can reason over. Here is what that layer is, and why it is the real asset.
11 June 2026 · 5 min read
Hard vs soft constraints, and why the difference matters
Treating every rule as absolute hides the trade-offs that decisions are actually made on. Modeling both is what makes a recommendation defensible.
3 June 2026 · 4 min read
Key-person risk is a balance-sheet problem
When critical judgment lives in a few heads, growth is capped and value walks out the door at resignation. Structuring that judgment changes the math.
27 May 2026 · 7 min read
Decisions you can put in front of a board
Confidence scores mean little without a trace. We look at what it takes for a recommendation to survive real scrutiny.