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Strategy Feb 13, 2026 7 min

How to Actually Evaluate a Technology Vendor

A capabilities deck tells you what a vendor wants you to know. The right questions reveal what you need to know. A framework for vendor evaluation that goes past the demo.

Strategy Feb 12, 2026 5 min

The Hardware Problem Nobody Mentions During Software Demos

A recommendation that assumes specific infrastructure is available everywhere may not survive contact with the actual operating environment. Hardware constraints are real, common, and routinely ignored during software evaluation.

Strategy Feb 10, 2026 5 min

Why Your Technology Problem Probably Isn't a Technology Problem

Most technology problems are symptoms. Slow reporting might be a data governance issue, an analytics architecture gap, or a process failure that predates any software. Solving the symptom with a new tool means the problem moves — it doesn't disappear.

Operations Feb 4, 2026 7 min

Institutional Memory That Survives Turnover

Individual knowledge management tools are well-solved. The organizational equivalent — institutional memory that survives turnover and scales with headcount — is harder to build and more valuable.