Stop looking at the documentation and start looking at your whiteboard. Most people approach the question of how to evaluate an API by obsessing over technical specs, uptime percentages, and … Read more
Author: Idris Haverkamp
A tool cannot fix a process you have not written down. I start with the process.
Time Tracking for Two Weeks Only
Most people think the solution to their productivity slump is a $50-a-month subscription to some shiny, AI-driven dashboard that promises to “automate” their life. They’re wrong. I’ve spent fifteen years … Read more
Social Time That Is Not Forced Fun
Stop throwing money at another “digital watercooler” app or a premium Slack integration to solve your isolation problems. I’ve sat in enough boardrooms to see companies bleed thousands in subscription … Read more
Taking a Disagreement Off the Chat
I watched a mid-sized logistics firm burn through forty thousand dollars in subscription fees last year on “collaboration suites” that were supposed to solve their communication gaps. They thought a … Read more
Saying a Project Is Red
I spent forty minutes yesterday watching a project manager massage a Gantt chart to hide a three-week delay. It’s a classic move: colorful bars, green status lights, and enough jargon … Read more
The Offboarding Checklist Nobody Wrote
I spent three hours last Tuesday watching a logistics manager try to configure an expensive Identity Provider to automate his offboarding, only to realize he hadn’t even mapped out which … Read more
Estimating From What It Took Last Time
I spent forty-five minutes in a boardroom last Tuesday listening to a Project Manager explain why his team needed a $20,000 AI-driven forecasting module. He wasn’t looking for a solution; … Read more
Accessibility as a Buying Criterion
I spent forty minutes yesterday watching a mid-sized logistics firm’s CTO explain why they needed a six-figure enterprise suite to solve their compliance issues. It’s the same old song: they … Read more
Feedback Over Video Without Misreading
I just watched a mid-sized logistics firm burn sixty thousand dollars on a “real-time performance engagement” platform. They thought a fancy dashboard would solve their culture problems, but all they … Read more
A Project Review With Three Questions
I spent forty minutes this morning watching a mid-sized logistics manager try to “optimize” his team’s output by purchasing a premium dashboard subscription. It’s a classic mistake. He thinks a … Read more