Indy Neogy

Because there is no one way to organize projects and workloads, no software can be everything for modern workers. You may find yourself really loving one of these programs—and that’s great! But the utility of software like Jira lies with actual programmers. Smaller, more job-specific software, like Clio for lawyers, is more likely to address the... See more

In my research and reporting on change and uncertainty, I constantly found a pattern: skillfully navigating change – be it at the level of an individual, organization, community, or even an entire species – demands not ruggedness or flexibility, but ruggedness and flexibility. It’s an example of when non-dual thinking, or holding two competing... See more

Critical Systems Thinking uses various systems thinking approaches to generate multiple partial perspectives that may be useful in making strategic choices when faced with a problem or opportunity - choices that are likely to put value creation at risk or create added value.

It also uses a multi-disciplinary approach, to benefit from the generating... See more

The role of a CEO involves a broad spectrum of emotional labor, from maintaining personal composure to managing the emotional climate of an entire organization. This labor is intensified by the rising expectations for CEO activism and authenticity, coupled with the relentless crises they must navigate. However, with emotional intelligence, and a... See more

If you did a lot of maths at school you are used to being given problems of the first type, and when you see a problem you want to find the analytic solution. It’s a good instinct, since analytic solutions are efficient. As long as you have the right method you can quickly reach an exact answer.

Lots of being smart is working out when you’re... See more

There is a common issue of over-optimizing the metrics in business, which can damage the whole system. Doing the wrong thing efficiently is actually worse than doing the right thing badly. – Rory Sutherland

But that’s physics, and physics deals with the natural. Engineering, on the other hand, is a science of the artificial , and it would be downright strange to insist that engineering artifacts have no purpose or telos.