{"id":356,"date":"2026-04-06T06:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/?page_id=356"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:21:54","slug":"insights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/insights\/","title":{"rendered":"| Post\u0159ehy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#c8102e;color:#c8102e\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I write occasionally. Not guides. More like things I first had to admit to myself, and that usually go unsaid in boardrooms.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">These notes are written for those who make time to think. If now isn\u2019t the right moment,  come back when it is.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-posts-id-356_34df26-d6 .kb-post-list-item{display:grid;}<\/style><ul class=\"wp-block-kadence-posts kb-posts kadence-posts-list kb-posts-id-356_34df26-d6 content-wrap grid-cols kb-posts-style-boxed grid-sm-col-2 grid-lg-col-2 item-image-style-above\"><li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-1004 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/dodar\/\" aria-label=\"Five letters pilots use when things go wrong. Why do we need five meetings?\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DODAR-300x158.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Five letters pilots use when things go wrong. Why do we need five meetings?\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DODAR-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DODAR-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DODAR-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DODAR-18x9.webp 18w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DODAR.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/dodar\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Five letters pilots use when things go wrong. Why do we need five meetings?<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>DODAR is a crisis framework from aviation. It takes a pilot a few seconds. In most companies, the same process takes weeks, and still skips the two steps that actually matter. When something goes wrong in a cockpit, pilots don&#8217;t improvise. They run a sequence. It&#8217;s called DODAR &#8211; five steps that turn a problem&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/dodar\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Five letters pilots use when things go wrong. Why do we need five meetings?<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-622 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/kto-stavia-cesty-rozhoduje-kam-pojdes\/\" aria-label=\"Who Builds the Roads Decides Where You Go\u00a0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/infocracy-300x164.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Infocracy, the architecture of choice, and four lines of digital defence\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/infocracy-300x164.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/infocracy-1024x561.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/infocracy-768x420.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/infocracy-18x10.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/infocracy.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/kto-stavia-cesty-rozhoduje-kam-pojdes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Who Builds the Roads Decides Where You Go\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Infocracy, the architecture of choice, and four lines of digital defence You reach for your phone in the morning to check the weather. Twenty minutes later you have no idea how you ended up going from 18 degrees Celsius and a 15 km\/h northwest wind to elevated blood pressure from the opinions of a politician&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/kto-stavia-cesty-rozhoduje-kam-pojdes\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Who Builds the Roads Decides Where You Go\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-811 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-leadership\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/178-seconds-to-live\/\" aria-label=\"178 seconds to live.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/178-seconds-to-live-300x172.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"178 seconds to live\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/178-seconds-to-live-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/178-seconds-to-live-1024x587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/178-seconds-to-live-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/178-seconds-to-live-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/178-seconds-to-live-1320x756.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/178-seconds-to-live.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/178-seconds-to-live\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">178 seconds to live.<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Not a metaphor. It&#8217;s one of the numbers that came out of a real study. The goal was to test how successfully pilots could be taught a specific escape technique under difficult conditions. In 1954, the University of Illinois took 20 volunteer pilots. Ordinary VFR pilots, zero instrument flying experience. One by one, they were&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/178-seconds-to-live\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> 178 seconds to live.<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-986 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/your-first-filter-is-broken-stop-playing-a-1995-game\/\" aria-label=\"Your First Filter Is Broken. Stop Playing a 1995 Game.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Your-First-Filter-Is-Broken-Stop-Playing-a-1995-Game-300x181.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Your First Filter Is Broken. Stop Playing a 1995 Game.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Your-First-Filter-Is-Broken-Stop-Playing-a-1995-Game-300x181.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Your-First-Filter-Is-Broken-Stop-Playing-a-1995-Game-1024x619.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Your-First-Filter-Is-Broken-Stop-Playing-a-1995-Game-768x464.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Your-First-Filter-Is-Broken-Stop-Playing-a-1995-Game-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Your-First-Filter-Is-Broken-Stop-Playing-a-1995-Game.webp 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/your-first-filter-is-broken-stop-playing-a-1995-game\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Your First Filter Is Broken. Stop Playing a 1995 Game.<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Now honestly. What is the point of a CV today? Is it a skills test? Is it testing how well the candidate can prompt an AI to polish their work history to fool an ATS robot into thinking they\u2019re the perfect fit? Because that\u2019s what it\u2019s becoming. A game between the candidate\u2019s AI and the&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/your-first-filter-is-broken-stop-playing-a-1995-game\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Your First Filter Is Broken. Stop Playing a 1995 Game.<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-638 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/motivation-is-a-con\/\" aria-label=\"Motivation Is a Con. And You Already Know It.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/systems-deadlines-calendarblocks-300x168.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Motivation Is a Con. And You Already Know It.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/systems-deadlines-calendarblocks-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/systems-deadlines-calendarblocks-1024x574.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/systems-deadlines-calendarblocks-768x430.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/systems-deadlines-calendarblocks-1536x861.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/systems-deadlines-calendarblocks-18x10.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/systems-deadlines-calendarblocks-1320x740.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/systems-deadlines-calendarblocks.jpeg 1938w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/motivation-is-a-con\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Motivation Is a Con. And You Already Know It.<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Motivation is a feeling. Feelings are like weather.<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/motivation-is-a-con\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Motivation Is a Con. And You Already Know It.<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-522 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-coaching\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/find-the-problem\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">No Problem is The Problem<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>A startup doesn&#8217;t begin with a product. It begins with a problem. Last week I agreed to a discovery call. Founders, full of energy, with a polished presentation. Within five minutes I understood the point of the whole meeting: &#8220;We have a solution. We&#8217;re looking for a problem to solve with it.&#8221; (Enthusiasm is essential&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/find-the-problem\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> No Problem is The Problem<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-1017 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/speed-without-direction-is-just-speed\/\" aria-label=\"Speed without direction is just speed.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Speed-vs-velocity-300x165.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Speed without direction is just speed.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Speed-vs-velocity-300x165.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Speed-vs-velocity-1024x563.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Speed-vs-velocity-768x423.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Speed-vs-velocity-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Speed-vs-velocity.webp 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/speed-without-direction-is-just-speed\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Speed without direction is just speed.<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Speed without direction is not progress. Physicists distinguish between speed and velocity: speed is scalar (how many kilometres per hour you are moving, while velocity is a vector, meaning it includes direction. In Slovak, we have just one word for both (&#8220;speed&#8221;), and perhaps it is here, in language and in thinking, that we make&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/speed-without-direction-is-just-speed\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Speed without direction is just speed.<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-475 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/goal-or-wishful-thinking\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Goal or wishful thinking?<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Earlier today I sat in Martin&#8217;s meeting room; first time there, as an observer and would-be consultant. &#8220;We&#8217;ll improve customer satisfaction.&#8221; &#8220;This year we&#8217;ll finally fix internal communication.&#8221; Sounds good. Not so good when it gets called a &#8220;goal&#8221; in a monthly meeting. Martin, an SMB owner, dressed up his wishful thinking and called it&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/goal-or-wishful-thinking\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Goal or wishful thinking?<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-359 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-coaching\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/before-you-open-the-laptop\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Before You Open The Laptop<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Last week I handed a client a working system. It calculates prices. Something that used to take two people, spreadsheets, and a phone call now takes seconds. Clean. Reliable. Done. On my way home, I opened my Moleskine and jotted what bothered me about it: Not the system, the system works. What bothered me was&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/before-you-open-the-laptop\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Before You Open The Laptop<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-379 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-productivity\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/vysledok-vs-vykon\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Result vs. Performance<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Take two managers. Each has a five-person team. Both delivered a result of 500 this quarter. Same number, same bonus, same feedback from leadership: &#8220;Good work.&#8221; One has a star on his team. Peter, who runs at 135% and carries the whole number on his own. The rest of the team fluctuates &#8211; someone at&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/vysledok-vs-vykon\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Result vs. Performance<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-458 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/zodpovednost-vs-vina\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Responsibility vs. Guilt<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Silence and passivity are among the most dangerous things I know in management. Not shouting. Not conflict. Just silence. Because where a manager stays quiet, avoids difficult conversations, lets things drift and hopes they&#8217;ll resolve themselves, that&#8217;s where one of the most destructive cultures a team can have takes root. Slowly, but surely. A culture&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/zodpovednost-vs-vina\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Responsibility vs. Guilt<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-1038 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonymrocek.com\/cz\/bad-luck-or-a-pattern\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Bad luck or a pattern?<\/a><\/h3>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>You hired an external consultant. Six months later, not much has changed, and now you&#8217;re looking for someone else. That&#8217;s not bad luck. It&#8217;s a pattern. Over 25 years in management I&#8217;ve sat on both sides of the table, as the one commissioning the work, and as the one winning it. 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I&#8217;m completely stuck.&#8221; He didn&#8217;t even offer me coffee. Which told me more than the words did. The pressure was visible. People waiting for decisions. A founder who felt cornered by circumstances moving faster than his thinking. I didn&#8217;t reach for advice. 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