Archive - Brainwaves

Job Hunting – Survival, Fun, What Matters, Stay or Go

Job hunting strips work back to its core — not titles or security, but a brutal question: are you surviving… or actually living the life your work is…

Mar 25 • Michael Pyke

Succession Planning – Systems Are Not Enough

In modern organisations, we often place enormous trust in our systems.

Mar 20 • Michael Pyke

When Big Systems Start Breaking

War, fuel, panic, pricing, politics, and the problem with pretending one cause explains everything

Mar 18 • Tomas Heligr-Pyke

The Closed Loop of Frustration

Why the last straw is never the real problem, and why people keep getting it wrong

Mar 16 • Tomas Heligr-Pyke

Paralysis by Analysis, Pivoting, and the Problem of Other People

I’ve Been AWOL

Mar 14 • Tomas Heligr-Pyke

Deferred Maintenance: The Silent Financial Risk Most Boards Ignore

Deferred Maintenance: The Silent Financial Risk Most Boards Ignore

Mar 13 • Michael Pyke

The Day I Accidentally Built Surveillance Software

Why I created “Burnt Toast”, and why it scared the hell out of me

Mar 6 • Tomas Heligr-Pyke

The Machine God Economy

When the systems people confide in start selling influence, the internet stops being a tool and starts becoming something far more dangerous.

Mar 5 • Tomas Heligr-Pyke

Strategy: Don’t Forget Operations

There’s a pattern I’ve seen too often.

Mar 3 • Michael Pyke

February 2026

Building a High‑Performance Asset Management Framework for Sustainable Operations

Organisations that rely on complex infrastructure and geographically dispersed assets face increasing pressure to balance performance, cost, risk and…

Feb 27 • Michael Pyke

EMPLOYER OF CHOICE

Are We Really Trying

Feb 21 • Michael Pyke

The Psychological Cost of Knowing Too Much

Or: Why Omniscience Was Never Meant for Us

Feb 12 • Tomas Heligr-Pyke

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