Business Scaling Insights

Category: Structure

Latest
OppositeDirections

AI Fixed Worker Productivity. Now Can It Fix the Company?

Summary Insight: AI made workers faster — but companies remain slow. The next revolution isn’t in the models. It’s in the structure that lets intelligence flow. Key Takeaways: AI boosts individual productivity but hits systemic bottlenecks. The constraint isn’t capability

Read More »
DontShipYourOrgChart

You Do Ship Your Org Chart — That’s the Point

“Don’t ship your org chart.” That’s the mantra software teams have repeated for decades—as if you could somehow outsmart the structure you work within. But Conway’s Law isn’t a suggestion to be clever. It’s a description of reality: Any organization

Read More »
Lex Sisney Enterprise AI Stack

The Enterprise AI Stack: A CEO’s Guide to Real Leverage

Summary Insight: Cheap intelligence is everywhere. What separates winners from losers isn’t the tools on the shelf—it’s the architecture inside your business. Key Takeaways: AI architecture—not tools—determines leverage vs. chaos. Match your stack design to your company’s lifecycle stage. The

Read More »
SWOT Guide Organizational Physics

It’s Time to Create 2026–27 Strategic Alignment

Your 2026 strategy won’t fail because of bad ideas. It will fail because of hidden misalignment. Every October CEOs and boards huddle for “strategic planning.” The ritual looks the same: long offsites, big decks, bold initiatives. But here’s the trap—most

Read More »
The Physics Of Momentum

The Physics of Momentum

Your company isn’t slow because of people. It’s slow because of structure and process. Every organization has mass. Mass is resistance to change. It’s why decisions slow down, why cross-team work drags, and why execution feels heavier the bigger you

Read More »
LIFECYCLE Strategy

4 Signs Your Org Has Outgrown Its Structure

Hitting bottlenecks isn’t failure. It’s proof your business is evolving. Every company moves through predictable lifecycle stages. Each stage demands a new design. But inertia keeps teams operating under yesterday’s structure. That’s when cracks appear: → Decisions bottleneck at the

Read More »
ParadigmShift

You Can’t See the System from Inside It

I used to think my paradigm was the truth. But it’s only a lens. The hardest part of being inside a paradigm is realizing you’re in one. You can’t solve it by working harder. The system reinforces itself. The fastest

Read More »