Studio desk
A look at how I think when no one is watching.
The frameworks, sticky notes, and small decisions that turn ideas into shipped work. Drag anything. Reset when the desk gets messy.
Prioritization Matrix
Value × Effort
Ship now
High value · low effort
- USSD before a native app
- A decision log instead of status docs
Plan properly
High value · high effort
- Multi-tenant from day one
- On-device inference for privacy
Only if idle
Low value · low effort
- A marketing refresh mid-build
Say no
Low value · high effort
- Custom hardware before validated demand
Decision Matrix
Eisenhower
Do
Urgent · important
- A regulatory blocker in a live market
- Anything with a patient in the loop
Schedule
Important · not urgent
- Design system documentation
- The post-launch content audit
Delegate
Urgent · not important
- Campaign templates
- Routine QA passes
Delete
Neither
- Dashboards nobody opens
Retrospective
Start / Stop / Keep
Start
- Writing the decision before the deck
- Naming an owner in the same sentence
Stop
- Reopening settled scope
- Meetings that could have been a log entry
Keep
- The fifteen-minute operating review
Operating Cadence
The week, on rails
- Mon
Priorities set
One page, agreed before anyone builds.
- Wed
Blockers cleared
Fifteen minutes, standing, no slides.
- Fri
Decisions logged
Written down, so nobody has to remember.
- Monthly
Roadmap re-cut
Against evidence, not against optimism.
The frameworks are the point; the notes are illustrations, drawn from digital health and fintech builds.
Take one
The same sheets, blank.
Six working templates, one page each, sized for A4 and built to be written on. No sign-up, no email, no form.
Print them, fill them in by hand, and throw them away when the work moves on.