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08/10/2026

𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

In dentistry, radiographic AI is regulated: it's a Class II device because it makes a claim about pathology. Crown design, voice charting, scheduling, chatbots — largely unregulated. Often excellent, but nobody independent has checked.

Clearance is also narrow. Cleared to find caries on bitewings means exactly that, and nothing else.

Ask your vendor which 510(k) number their product was cleared under. Friendly question, correct answer, public record.

07/10/2026

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.

Every line on it was approved by someone who found an argument convincing on a particular day.

Pull the actual payments — not the list somebody maintains. Write next to each line the name of the person who would notice tomorrow if it stopped working.

Are you finding lines with no names? That means you're responsible.

Then ask the question almost no purchasing process includes: What did this retire?

06/10/2026

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 — 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺.

Most technology isn't. It's software, sold on the strength of what its maker says about it, and the only party who has checked is the one being paid.

That's not a criticism.

Plenty of unregulated software is excellent. It just tells you how much homework is yours — and if you skip it, nobody did it.

05/10/2026

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲.
First as a story — the demonstration, the number on the slide, the colleague who already has it.
Then as Tuesday morning, eighteen months later, with a subscription nobody can cancel and a team that quietly built a workaround.

The gap between those two moments is where most technology money goes to die.
And it's not a gap in the technology.
It's a gap in the questions asked before the purchase.

Start here this week: name the bottleneck in one sentence. If you can't write it, you're not ready to shop.

02/10/2026

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵: 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

Take the blame that landed on your team.
Hand over the opportunity.
Give away the credit.

And the version most of us avoid — fight for someone's growth even when it means they'll outgrow you.

That's the test. It's also what builds the reputation that fills your bench for the next decade.

01/10/2026

𝗔 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁-𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺.
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀.

You have about ten seconds. Smoothing it over looks professional — and your team reads it as: when it costs him something, she's on her own.

Decide before it happens.

Have the sentence ready: "I'm not going to let you speak to her that way — let's step into my office and I'll sort this out with you."

30/09/2026

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲-𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵.

When the quarter is tight, do you protect your team or your targets? When someone above you wants a scapegoat, do you give cover or a name?

Your team holds a record of every answer. This week, take the last real tradeoff you faced and ask what they concluded from it — not what you intended.

29/09/2026

Brené Brown draws a line between armored leadership and daring leadership. Armor protects your ego, your image, your position. Daring costs you something.

Julie Zhuo names what sits underneath it: the moment you become a leader, your success is your team's. You win through them, not instead of them.

Which means giving the credit away and taking the blame readily. Most of us do the reverse under pressure and assume nobody notices. They notice.

28/09/2026

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁. 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝘁. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱.

Simon Sinek calls what that creates the Circle of Safety — the leader keeps the pressure and politics on the outside so the team can do its best work on the inside.

But that circle doesn't hold itself up.

This week, find one way to stand behind someone at a cost to yourself. Not a kind word. A cost.

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