The Lenses
Four ways of seeing organizational information.
Each lens is a frame the publication uses to look at how organizations actually handle information. They are not a methodology. They are diagnostics — drawn from Goldratt, Reinertsen, Strassmann, McGilchrist, and a handful of others. Click any lens for its definition, lineage, and the essays that develop it.
Lens 01
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Data Metabolism
The rate at which an organization converts data into understanding into action.
Lens 02
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Information Utility Index
A 2x2 for diagnosing what an organization's information actually is.
Lens 03
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Knowledge Turns
A metric for organizational understanding, modeled on inventory turns from lean.
Lens 04
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Total Cognitive Load
What tools actually cost, once task, tool, and mode-switching load are counted together.