The Four Reviews That Keep a System Honest
At the end of the naming post I said the review cadence would come next, “because that’s where a good system most often quietly fails.” I want to make good on that, because it’s true, and because the failure is so ordinary that almost everyone…
A Tool, Never a Master — What John Lennox Adds to the Faithfulness Coach
In the last post I borrowed a story from John Lennox — the deepfake channel built in his name, the fabricated lectures his own audience believed — to sharpen a question I keep returning to: is your voice still yours? Since then I’ve sat with…
What the Pope’s AI Encyclical Says to Anyone Trying to Live Faithfully
Why I’m writing this In my first post here, I described what I had been building quietly for several months: a Personal Operating Model — a structured system for living intentionally. It applies the same enterprise architecture thinking I use with clients to the question…
An Unexpected Journey: People Development at the Foot of the Himalayas
BilboConsult’s first international engagement took us to Bhutan — the result of an unexpected phone call on a Lapland road. Here is the story of what we designed, what we delivered, and what it meant.
April, May, and a lot of forward motion
I’ve been quiet on here. Here’s what’s been happening and where things are going.
From Reflection to Jerisjärvi — Presenting at VikingPLoP 2026
What started as personal reflection on launching a consulting practice became an academic paper — and this week, a conference presentation in Jerisjärvi.
Finding Your First Client — An Academic Paper Born from a Real Consulting Launch
I’m writing an academic paper about starting a consulting practice — while actually starting one. Here’s the paper, the story behind it, and an invitation to help me make it better.
Starting a New Season
Five months ago I registered BilboConsult. I thought I was starting a business. Turns out I’m starting a new season of my life — and slow is fine when things are taking root.
