Quantum Computing for the Nontechnical Executive
29 October 2026
After my last few posts on quantum, several of you wrote back with roughly the same reaction: intrigued, slightly unnerved, and not at all sure what t…
29 October 2026
After my last few posts on quantum, several of you wrote back with roughly the same reaction: intrigued, slightly unnerved, and not at all sure what t…
28 October 2026
Like a lot of investors this week, I spent an evening with Anthropic's S-1. I'd opened it for the financials. I stayed for the risk factors, w…
30 September 2026
Yesterday the New York Times ran piece by Elizabeth Dias, its national religion correspondent, on how Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah has been quietly…
14 September 2026
I've run many manufacturing lines in the past, and seen hundreds more, including some exemplary examples of lean while visiting companies in Japan…
11 September 2026
Serves: 4 Total time: ~45 minutes for the fish and cabbage salad; add ~40 minutes for the hindbeh, which is best made ahead Difficulty: Moderate Diet:…
8 September 2026
Time flies, but some memories - and the lessons from them - remain vivid. In late 2000 I decided to pivot from over ten years in medical device manuf…
4 September 2026
Earlier this week I spent two days in a renovated old milking barn with a couple dozen improvement professionals from healthcare, government, higher e…
30 August 2026
Early in my career, yes decades ago, I worked on the development of oximetry catheters. Designing an experiment and documenting the protocol on a very…