Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
June 10, 2026 | Live Webinar
Change Prevention Specialists
David Schmaltz is a project manager in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Who and what stands in the way of change? You and me, of course. But while we squabble over our preferred maps, we’re distracted from less worn paths that can lead to astonishing results. And any satisfaction we might feel over getting our way blinds us from seeing that by winning this point, we may be losing the game.
The first installment in this series — “Special Agent” — introduced the concept of Agency as “the facile ability to actually do something. It is instinct and knowledge embodied in the moment into productive action.” I questioned whether teaching about project management ever translates into Agency. The second and third installments — “All Ya Gotta Do!” and “The Miracle Question” — introduced a model and a simple question for inducing Agency. Part IV, False Pretenses, examined the differences between how organizations describe work and how individuals actually accomplish it.
I have earned a well-deserved reputation for promoting crazy ideas. I come by this legacy honestly, in that I never intended to earn it. I made my widely reputed-to-be-fatal error early in my career. I spoke my mind even when I wasn’t sure what was going to come out of my mouth. Never much of a card player, I seemed to disclose altogether too much about my hand. This tendency has made me into a …
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