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The VMware Diaspora: Lessons from a $61 Billion Arbitrage
Broadcom isn't the villain; they're the debt collector. When they acquired VMware for $61 billion, they simply calculated the gap between old pricing and what customers would pay to avoid migration pain. The result? 300-1,500% price increases and nowhere to run. This isn't a story about corporate greed. It's about how many organizations spent fifteen years building invisible prisons. The question isn't whether Broadcom was wrong. It's did you build your own prison.
The Firefighting Trap: Why Reactive Work Feels Productive
That satisfying rush when you swoop in to fix a crisis? It's a trap. Firefighting feels productive: the dopamine hit, the hero moment, the grateful emails. But feeling productive and being productive are two different things. A year from now, you might look back at twelve months of heroic saves and realize you never moved forward. Here's why reactive work is so seductive, and how to break the cycle before December arrives with nothing to show for it.