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The Flamingo Lens
The place where a problem is experienced is rarely the place where it's produced.
That idea sits underneath a lot of what I write.
The Flamingo Lens is about looking past the first explanation. Why does something keep happening? What is the system actually rewarding? Where is the real constraint? Why can every individual part look reasonable while the whole still fails?
Some of it comes from Product Management. Some from software. Some from work, decisions, people, or things I notice outside of either.
Mostly, it's about getting curious before getting decisive.
The collection
- 029 September 2026
Prioritization is easy
Six urgent initiatives become a very different roadmap once you stop treating each one as a single block of work.
SubstackRead it→ - 032 September 2026
I Picked the Wrong Solution
And I’m a better PM because of it.
SubstackRead it→ - 0426 August 2026
I became delusional at work
And that changed how I chose my next move.
SubstackRead it→ - 0519 August 2026
Someone just has to look at the whole thing
Why Product Management still exists when everyone is already doing their job.
SubstackRead it→ - 0612 August 2026
What if the hardest part isn't mandatory?
Sometimes the thing slowing you down is only there because nobody has questioned it in years.
SubstackRead it→ - 076 August 2026
…But wait… what is a system?
I used the word system a few times in my first post, which is a bit funny because, for a long time, I don’t think I could have properly explained what a system actually was.
SubstackRead it→ - 0829 July 2026Featured
Before it becomes obvious...
…It usually looks like a mess.
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