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A Weak Tie Is Not a Weak Relationship

LinkedIn tested a fifty-year-old idea on twenty million people. The jobs traveled through acquaintances, but only at a very particular distance.

Jon ChuSeptember 2, 2026

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Strategy4 min read

The System of Record for the System Itself

A system of record for everything except how the organization actually works. In the AI era, that gap becomes infrastructure.

Jon ChuJuly 20, 2026

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Relationship IntelligenceNetworking

A Weak Tie Is Not a Weak Relationship

LinkedIn tested a fifty-year-old idea on twenty million people. The jobs traveled through acquaintances, but only at a very particular distance.

September 2, 20267 min read

StrategyRelationship Intelligence

The System of Record for the System Itself

A system of record for everything except how the organization actually works. In the AI era, that gap becomes infrastructure.

July 20, 20264 min read

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StrategyAI & Technology

AI Doesn't Replace Human Intelligence. It Runs on It.

What an enterprise ontology is, who has to define it, and why owned understanding beats rented models.

July 8, 20267 min read

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AI & TechnologyStrategy

What I Learned About Thinking From Ray Dalio (And Why It Shapes How I Build AI)

Ray Dalio just published his framework for principled thinking in AI. The same way of thinking applies to relationships. It just hasn’t been applied this way yet.

June 10, 20267 min read

Professional standing at a crossroads with one path fading into automation and the other rising toward a brighter horizon, representing the career shift from execution to judgment

AI & TechnologyStrategy

The Skills That Survive the Talent Shift

AI is absorbing the work you were hired to do three years ago. The question is whether you have been building the asset it cannot touch.

April 16, 20268 min read

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AI & TechnologyStrategy

Why Most AI Transformations Reset Every Quarter

McKinsey found $3 of return for every $1 invested in AI. But only for companies that remember what they learned. Everyone else keeps relearning.

April 14, 20268 min read

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A Weak Tie Is Not a Weak Relationship

The System of Record for the System Itself