Editorial · The Post-Project World
29 December 2025 · 00:08:10
Netflix has no traditional project managers. Let that sink in. One of the most successful companies in the world, operating in one of the most competitive industries, running complex technology and content production at massive scale, has eliminated the role we've been told is essential to organisational success. How do they do it? In this episode, I break down Netflix's "context, not control" philosophy—the radical idea that if you give people the right information, you don't need to tell them what to do. I explore:→ Radical transparency: why strategy documents are published internally before external announcements→ Decisions in memos, not meetings: how written communication eliminates coordination overhead→ Highly aligned, loosely coupled: the structure that enables autonomy without chaos→ What "adequate performance gets a generous severance" really means Netflix proves that coordination without coordinators isn't just possible—it's more effective. The lessons here apply far beyond Silicon Valley.
27 July 2026 · 00:20:11
The critical repairs had passed. The book had not. In the third and final episode documenting the reconstruction of a seven hundred and eighty-eight page FX options reference, Luigi Pascal Rondanini follows the work beyo…
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24 July 2026 · 00:13:05
An audit identifies defects. It does not prove that the repairs are correct. In Episode One I set three AI systems against my forthcoming FX options book and let the strongest one audit it. That audit produced one thousa…
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21 July 2026 · 00:17:30
I gave three advanced AI systems the same task: audit the formulas, calculations and worked examples in my forthcoming professional book on FX options. Claude, Codex and Kimi. Seven hundred and sixty-four typeset pages, …
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