Field Notes

Anonymized lessons from real manufacturing IT implementations — what worked, what didn't, and what the numbers actually showed.

"Your World. Your Imagination." (And an $800,000 Line Item Nobody Saw Coming.)

The strangest project I've ever been part of didn't use new technology. It used a fifteen-year-old video game — it worked, other teams wanted it, and it still didn't survive the budget cycle.

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The $12M Fix Our Own Team Asked For ... Then Almost Killed.

Four issues on AI projects that failed. Here's one that worked, and the group that nearly stopped it wasn't the one you'd guess.

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The AI Got It Right. We Couldn't Tell If It Was Lucky.

We could check the answer. We couldn't check the reasoning.

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Four ways implementations go sideways — and the early warning sign for each

Most failed implementations were diagnosable months before go-live. The warning signs are boring, repeatable, and easy to miss when you're heads-down shipping.

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When the platform still earns: two disciplines mid-market skips

Why your platform replacement earns less than the one it replaced — and the two artifacts that prevent it.

Field Notes

Field Notes

"Your World. Your Imagination." (And an $800,000 Line Item Nobody Saw Coming.)

The $12M Fix Our Own Team Asked For ... Then Almost Killed.

The AI Got It Right. We Couldn't Tell If It Was Lucky.

Four ways implementations go sideways — and the early warning sign for each

When the platform still earns: two disciplines mid-market skips

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