What happens when a case you commissioned turns out to be based on a mainstream narrative ... that’s false!

Jun 7 2026 6-7pm PDT / Jun 8 2026 9am-10am SGT. Cate Hall joins Commoncog members to talk about agency, the topic of her new book You Can Just Do Things.

A demonstration of how training sensemaking is a path to accelerated expertise.

Some thoughts from watching a demo of a Software Dark Factory.

Jun 1 2026 8-9pm PT / Jun 2 11am-12pm SGT. Jay Taylor and Navan Chauhan will give a presentation of a real software dark factory for members. This Q&A will be moderated by James Cham of Bloomberg Beta.

Contrary to popular opinion, you don’t have to give up your life to build a successful business. Though what success means, and what ‘giving up your life’ means depends on you.

May 23, 30, Jun 6, 13, 20 2026 8am-9am EDT / 8pm-9pm SGT. Roger Williams teaches how he uses Eliyahu Goldratt’s Thinking Tools.

What we can learn from the disorienting changes hitting the software industry, and how we can use that to improve at sensemaking this uncertain new technology.

Two decades ago, the US military funded some research into how humans sensemake. This piece is about that theory — the best theory of sensemaking that we have — why it matters for expertise, and how you can apply it to make sense of AI.

It’s quite rare to find an executive training program that’s very effective — one that has worked across multiple companies, and has spat out a whole host of CEOs. The Kraft system is one.