Reflections on 2017

Thoughts on an enormously turbulent year.

members-only post Dec 27, 2017 2-min read

For some strange reason, my best years tend to take place during turbulent times. Case in point: In 2008, as the financial crisis arrived in full force, I was completing what was by far my best year as a systems consultant and putting the polishing touches on the first version of Why New Systems Fail.

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