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Everything Went Right
Bad advice is worse than no advice
May 8
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David J Hersher
The Wrong Drive
Everything that could go wrong went right
May 4
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David J Hersher
April 2026
The Plan Is a Tool
When discipline becomes rigidity in disguise
Apr 27
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David J Hersher
The Fingerprint in the Iron
On cast iron, tooling marks, and the things built to last.
Apr 20
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David J Hersher
Pages But Not Progress
A deliverable ends when the pages are done. An outcome ends when something improves.
Apr 17
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David J Hersher
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The Dusty Binder
The last thing busy people need is more pages.
Apr 13
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David J Hersher
1
The Convenient Diagnosis
Communication is a safe thing to admit. The harder question usually doesn't get asked.
Apr 10
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David J Hersher
My Questions. Not Theirs.
It's easy to blame the announcement. Harder to confront what came before it.
Apr 6
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David J Hersher
1
March 2026
Early Ink
It wasn't the discipline that made it work.
Mar 30
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David J Hersher
Most Change Initiatives Don’t Fail Because the Team Couldn’t Do It
They added to the playbook. Not the capacity.
Mar 27
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David J Hersher
The Question I Didn't Ask
Thirty seconds of clarity for a lot less cleanup.
Mar 23
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David J Hersher
When Leaders Disappear Into the Work
What happens when doing replaces leading.
Mar 17
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David J Hersher
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