Leverage Maps #16: Why I Am Writing Leverage Maps: Mental Models for Making Systems Move

Every workplace runs on more than org charts and deadlines. There are hidden feedback loops, invisible scaffolds, and quiet levers of trust and influence.

I only started to notice them after years working across blockchain, embedded, consulting, and aerospace software—and especially during my 2025 sabbatical. Once I stepped back, the patterns became impossible to unsee.

It’s not a memoir. It’s a tactical handbook. It has short, standalone chapters with practical maps for engineers, managers, and builders who’ve felt:

• The drag of misalignment
• The exhaustion of invisible work
• The frustration of being the “glue” that holds everything together

The preface closes with a simple idea: Systems are everywhere, named or not. Once you see their patterns, you can move them. That’s leverage.

That’s the heart of the book.