Field notes
Four field notes on the handover
Essays about the decisions, incentives, and translations between the people who build enterprise systems and the people expected to use them. Revised in place as the thinking changes.
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The Last Meeting Is Where Adoption Dies
Why a strong technical case can collapse when a champion has to retell it alone.
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What the Engineer in the Room Knows
The quiet technical buyer is evaluating the system everyone else will have to live with.
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The Ten-Year Test
Four questions that separate a durable technology shift from a fashionable one.
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A System’s Best Feature Can Be Someone’s Worst Incentive
Why adoption plans should map losses in power and discretion, not only benefits.
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