Notes

Notes for people who have to answer for it.

Last week's config. Status vs. the work. Written agreements. Getting a working tool out of the chat. The jobs, not the slogans.

FeaturedGame theory

Why cooperation survives when cheating pays

In any single exchange, taking advantage of someone who trusts you is the better move. Cooperation is everywhere anyway. The reason is repetition, and you can run it yourself.

By Halison TeamSeptember 16, 20269 min read

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Network Operations

Cisco Meraki has no undo button. Here is how to give it one.

The dashboard re-pushes config to replacement hardware, but that is not a backup. What real configuration recovery actually requires.

By Halison TeamJune 6, 20267 min read

Strategy & Execution

Status reports tell you a story. They rarely tell you the truth.

Most strategies fail in the gap between what was decided and what teams actually do, and that gap stays invisible until the post-mortem.

By Halison TeamJune 3, 20266 min read

Team & Culture

The unspoken rules, written down: why teams need working agreements

Every team runs on assumptions about how decisions get made. Remote work hides them, and unwritten rules are the easiest to break.

By Halison TeamMay 30, 20266 min read

AI & Tools

Your AI built a working app. It is trapped in the chat.

Canvas and Artifacts generate a real, interactive tool in two minutes. Then the chat becomes a cage: no real link, no install, no way back.

By Halison TeamMay 27, 20265 min read