Loops and Cycles

Loops and Cycles

Flexibility and Layers vs. Levels [LC27]

Dependency on (or intervention from) slower levels constraints the pace of our work.

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Dave Hora

Jun 30, 2025 3 min read

Loops and Cycles

Concrete Steps [LC26]

Seeing concrete steps in sequence and at scale is a precursor to quality.

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Dave Hora

Jun 17, 2025 5 min read

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Embodied Material [LC25]

Shared understanding as a material to be shaped.

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Dave Hora

Jun 3, 2025 4 min read

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Common Language of Offering [LC24]

Clarity and alignment start with a common language around what we're building and who it's meant for.

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Dave Hora

May 26, 2025 4 min read

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Sequence and Scale [LC23]

Work flows through different scales of time, in sequence. The interfaces and cadences can dramatically accelerate or delay it.

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Dave Hora

May 19, 2025 3 min read

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Scope of Awareness and Control [LC22]

There is a liberating distinction between what we are aware of, and what we can control.

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Dave Hora

May 12, 2025 3 min read

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Strategic Levels of Scale [LC21]

Strategy works across levels of scale. None of us can grasp the entire picture.

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Dave Hora

May 5, 2025 3 min read

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Qual-Quant Entanglement [LC20]

Our reality is shaped by what we observe.

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Dave Hora

Apr 28, 2025 3 min read

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Seeds in the Soil [LC19]

Seed of the future will grow to bear fruit in favorable soil.

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Dave Hora

Mar 12, 2025 3 min read

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Physical vs. Invisible Material [LC18]

On process when inputs and outputs are physical, and material transformations are well-understood.

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Dave Hora

Feb 26, 2025 3 min read

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January Interlude: Sake Season [LC17]

This year begins with a special research project: instead of shaping software, it's brewing sake. Or at least

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Dave Hora

Jan 15, 2025 3 min read

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The Simple Reality [LC16]

It is hard for a group of people to work together and make something good.

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Dave Hora

Nov 15, 2024 3 min read

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Interviewing Intent [LC15]

Interviewers are always trying to get something.

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Dave Hora

Nov 5, 2024 3 min read

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Language and Frames [LC14]

"When a group of people try to do something together, they usually fail."

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Dave Hora

Aug 12, 2024 4 min read

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Patterns of Events [LC13]

Recurring patterns of events represent the ground truth: in both buildings and software systems.

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Dave Hora

Aug 3, 2024 4 min read

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A Natural Process [LC12]

How do you build whole and healthy structure?

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Dave Hora

Jul 13, 2024 4 min read

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Frame Control [LC11]

It takes more than one frame to move the work forward.

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Dave Hora

Jul 6, 2024 2 min read

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Sand Tables [LC10]

The sand table gathers people for discussion and decision: and it only shows what is strictly necessary.

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Dave Hora

Jun 22, 2024 3 min read

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Mapping the Unbundling [LC09]

A picture worth 2,215 words?

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Dave Hora

Jun 15, 2024 4 min read

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Sequence: Concierge MVP [LC08]

To develop product craft, we need to know the steps involved and understand how they interact.

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Dave Hora

Jun 6, 2024 3 min read

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Disposable Models [LC07]

Making models — sacred or sacrificial?

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Dave Hora

May 31, 2024 3 min read

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Teaching People to Play [LC06]

It's difficult to remember what it was like when we didn't know what we do now.

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Dave Hora

May 16, 2024 4 min read

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Maintaining Models [LC05]

Everything decays — even the pictures we use to represent reality.

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Dave Hora

May 10, 2024 4 min read

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Three Levels of Scale [LC04]

Work in product organizations operates across three levels of strategic scale.

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Dave Hora

May 1, 2024 5 min read