Essays
Long-form thinking on operations, building in India, AI in practice, trade, and living.
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Black Swans, Black Elephants, and the Tenth Man
Most supply chain disruptions are not Black Swans. They are Black Elephants: known risks that were simply more convenient to ignore than to address.
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Beautiful Sandcastles and the Case for Running Lean
Taiichi Ohno described boom-time organizations as beautiful sandcastles. The tide always comes in. The question is whether your foundation is rock or sand.
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The Complexity Trap
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. The pattern is always the same, and I have watched it play out for fifteen years.
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Parking Garages, Service Elevators, and the Last Meter
The supply chain for a ₹195 cinnamon bun across a Bangalore apartment complex is, per unit of distance, significantly more complex than anything I managed at Tetra Pak.