https://christaburger.com/tags/operational-cadence/Recent content in Operational Cadence on Christa BurgerHugoen-usWed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://christaburger.com/blog/reminders-are-not-systems/Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://christaburger.com/blog/reminders-are-not-systems/<p>I have a deep affection for reminders. And planners. And all the other systems you can place around yourself to luxuriate in the feeling that you might be on top of things, if you just followed all the tasks and schedules you set for yourself.</p> <p>I also have a profoundly consistent history of dismissing them and continuing with my life like the free bird that I am.</p> <p>Two wolves live inside us all, my friends.</p>https://christaburger.com/blog/set-it-and-forget-it-ai-automation/Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://christaburger.com/blog/set-it-and-forget-it-ai-automation/<p>&ldquo;Set it and forget it&rdquo; is not how most useful automation works.</p> <p>It is how rot gets a login.</p> <p>Systems without maintenance atrophy with time.</p> <p>The better model is not forgetting.</p> <p>It is <strong>rhythm</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>What runs daily?</li> <li>What runs weekly?</li> <li>What runs when triggered?</li> <li>What needs human review?</li> <li>What gets summarized?</li> <li>What gets escalated?</li> <li>What gets archived?</li> <li>Do you have something auditing it all?</li> </ul> <p>AI systems need cadence because real life has cadence.</p>