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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
- 0126 August 2026
I became delusional at work
And that changed how I chose my next move.
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Someone just has to look at the whole thing
Why Product Management still matters when engineering, design, marketing and sales are all doing their jobs well.
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What if the hardest part isn't mandatory?
Sometimes the thing slowing you down is only there because nobody has questioned it in years.
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…But wait… what is a system?
The essay behind the systems thinking guide on this site: how I started noticing systems everywhere once I asked the question out loud.
SubstackRead it→ - 0529 July 2026Featured
Before it becomes obvious… it usually looks like a mess.
Why the place where a problem appears is often not the place where it is produced.
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