My Passion
Building things. Learning out loud.
The best systems thinkers stay close to the work. I thrive there — in the trenches, whether with leadership at the strategy level or functional operators making it work. It's about teaming with like-minded change agents to continuously improve. That means making it flow better. This is where I share what I'm learning, what I'm building, what's next, and the books and people that shaped how I think. My goal in sharing my experiences is to inspire greater collaboration in continuous improvement — a social workshop with the door open.
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What I'm sharing freely
Ideas, principles, and patterns I've developed over a career in systems thinking. These are personal perspectives on how work flows through complex organizations — shaped by decades of learning, not tied to any single employer or engagement. Take what's useful, adapt it to your context.
Articles & Points of View
Long-form thinking on systems engineering, flow, regulated development, and the intersection of AI with product development.
ArchiMate Model Library
Reference architecture models expressing how flow-based regulated product development should work. Contextual views shared here, detailed models explored in the writing.
Coming soonCurated Resources
Books, tools, people, and ideas I recommend — with honest context about why. Not affiliate link spam. Actual guidance from someone who's used these things in practice.
Coming soonInfluences
The books that built my thinking
Several of these are signed by their authors — not as collectibles, but because I was lucky enough to learn from them directly. Each one represents a thread in how I think about systems, flow, and organizations.
Out of the Crisis
W. Edwards Deming
Statistical thinking & system of profound knowledge
Worked with Deming at Ford in the 1990s
Signed copyThe Fifth Discipline
Peter Senge
Learning organizations & systems dynamics
Learned from Senge's circle including Chris Magee at Ford
Turn the Ship Around!
L. David Marquet
Intent-based leadership & distributed authority
Signed copyToyota Kata
Mike Rother
Improvement kata & coaching kata
The Toyota Way
Jeffrey Liker
Lean product development systems
Actionable Agile Metrics
Daniel Vacanti
Flow metrics & probabilistic forecasting
Signed copyFull bookshelf with lineage notes coming soon.
In The Workshop
What I'm building with my hands
Aston Martin Electronics Modernization
Some projects are about proving a methodology works at enterprise scale. This one is about proving I still know which end of a soldering iron to hold.
Modernizing the electronics in a classic Aston Martin — integrating Apple CarPlay, adding a reversing camera, and upgrading the infotainment system while preserving the character of the car. It’s a technology blueprinting exercise in miniature: understanding the existing architecture, identifying integration points, selecting components that work together, and managing the constraints of a platform that was never designed for this.
More details and build photos coming as the project progresses.
Products I'm Building
Software tools for regulated development
FABRIC Planner
Flow-based planning for regulated product development teams. Monte Carlo forecasting, flow metrics, and delivery management designed for the realities of compliance-driven work.
fabric-planner.com →FABRIC Assessor
AI-powered assessment engine for ASPICE, ISO 26262, ISO 21434, and NIST frameworks. Model-agnostic. Measures current state against reference architecture models and identifies the shortest path to compliance.
In development