How decisions actually get made
Notes from inside the room.
The arguments, trade-offs and quiet shifts that happen before a decision becomes official.
One substantial letter a month. No sequence. No pitch.
AI meeting the org
As a beginner, the frustration with AI was not that it got things wrong. It was repeating the same instructions in every chat. Skills changed that.
Read the piece ↗01 The decision as it was experienced
02 The counter-argument that nearly won
03 The question that remains open
From the desk
The same model, one level up. This time the job was not to lead the team, but to choose the person who would, and protect his slow start.
Read the piece →Who it is for
Two to five years inA target lands. The reasoning arrives as a slide, if it arrives at all.
Running a teamYour people ask why. The honest answer is that nobody told you either.
Just took something biggerThe org chart is no longer a reliable map of how the work happens.
Behind the desk
Waqas Aman Ullah has led large commercial organisations through growth, restructuring, regulatory change and merger uncertainty — with responsibility for a consumer business profit and loss and a national team of 400+.
About Waqas and the publication →The monthly letter
The longer argument, the reading behind it and the working notes that do not fit anywhere else.
One email a month. Leave whenever you like.
Office hours
A decision you are stuck inside, a plan you cannot defend, or a team moving through a change nobody has explained. Two conversations most weeks.
Find a time →The longer version of what you just read, with the working notes that do not fit on LinkedIn.
No welcome sequence, no upsell. Leave whenever you like.