{"id":3143,"date":"2020-06-08T20:22:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T20:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2021-07-08T11:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T15:15:12","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:60px;--awb-padding-bottom:64px;--awb-padding-top-medium:36px;--awb-padding-bottom-medium:20px;--awb-padding-top-small:20px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center 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https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Culture-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Culture-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Culture-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Culture.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/intelligent-network-culture\/\" aria-label=\"Intelligent Network Culture\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:26px 0px 26px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/intelligent-network-culture\/\">Intelligent Network Culture<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/author\/cgrundemanngmail-com\/\" rel=\"author\">~Chris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-06-26T20:08:37-04:00<\/span><span>June 26th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The hard part is building an environment where information flows, where failure leads to learning rather than blame, where knowledge gets made institutional rather than personal, where the engineers who've been carrying the network in their heads feel safe handing it off to systems and to colleagues.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4294\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4294 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-learning category-management category-philosophy tag-bright-spots tag-idea tag-ideas tag-love tag-personal tag-philosophy tag-technical-leadership\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,1);border:1px solid #000000;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#000000;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LOVE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" 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class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/love-is-not-a-four-letter-word\/\" aria-label=\"Love Is Not a Four-Letter Word\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:26px 0px 26px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/love-is-not-a-four-letter-word\/\">Love Is Not a Four-Letter Word<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/author\/cgrundemanngmail-com\/\" rel=\"author\">~Chris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-06-26T18:22:37-04:00<\/span><span>June 26th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I've spent more time than I care to admit trying to find and fix what was broken. What I've found is that the places in my life where I've felt most alive aren't the places where I worked hardest on my weaknesses. They're the places I brought everything I had to the things I already loved.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4290\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4290 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-management category-networking category-technology tag-automation tag-khadga-consulting tag-management tag-netdevops tag-network-automation tag-technical-leadership\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,1);border:1px solid #000000;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#000000;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leadership.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%201400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leadership.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leadership-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leadership-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leadership-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leadership-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leadership-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leadership.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/intelligent-network-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"Leading Intelligent Networks\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:26px 0px 26px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/intelligent-network-leadership\/\">Leading Intelligent Networks<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/author\/cgrundemanngmail-com\/\" rel=\"author\">~Chris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-05-22T15:48:24-04:00<\/span><span>May 22nd, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Hero culture is self-reinforcing because it produces real value in the short term. Breaking that cycle requires leadership to make the structural work visible and valued. The engineer who builds the automation that prevents a class of incidents from recurring is doing more durable work than the one who responds to that incident 40 times. In most organizations, only one of those two gets recognized. That is a leadership choice, and it has consequences.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4286\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4286 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-management category-networking category-technology tag-automation tag-design-driven tag-khadga-consulting tag-management tag-netdevops tag-network-automation tag-standardization\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,1);border:1px solid #000000;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#000000;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NetworkStandards.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%201400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NetworkStandards.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NetworkStandards-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NetworkStandards-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NetworkStandards-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NetworkStandards-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NetworkStandards-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NetworkStandards.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/intelligent-network-standards\/\" aria-label=\"Intelligent Network Standards\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:26px 0px 26px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/intelligent-network-standards\/\">Intelligent Network Standards<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/author\/cgrundemanngmail-com\/\" rel=\"author\">~Chris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-05-06T17:25:15-04:00<\/span><span>May 6th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Standardization is a governance problem. It needs ongoing enforcement: design reviews that check new deployments against defined standards, compliance tooling that surfaces drift before it compounds, change management that rejects changes violating the intent model. None of that is complicated. All of it requires sustained discipline over years.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4282\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4282 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-philosophy tag-achievement tag-goals tag-how-to tag-idea tag-ideas tag-personal tag-philosophy tag-self-awareness tag-success\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,1);border:1px solid #000000;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#000000;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GoalsVsDrives.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%201400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GoalsVsDrives.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GoalsVsDrives-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GoalsVsDrives-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GoalsVsDrives-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GoalsVsDrives-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GoalsVsDrives-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GoalsVsDrives.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/you-cant-win-a-war-against-yourself\/\" aria-label=\"You Can&#8217;t Win a War Against Yourself\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:26px 0px 26px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/you-cant-win-a-war-against-yourself\/\">You Can&#8217;t Win a War Against Yourself<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/author\/cgrundemanngmail-com\/\" rel=\"author\">~Chris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-04-24T20:50:23-04:00<\/span><span>April 24th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The people who get the most out of themselves, the ones who sustain momentum, who build things, who seem to move through the world with unusual effectiveness, aren't the most disciplined people I know. They're the most self-aware. They've done the work to understand what actually moves them, and they've built their lives around that knowledge rather than against it.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4277\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4277 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-management category-networking category-philosophy tag-documentation tag-khadga-consulting tag-management tag-netdevops tag-software-defined-networking tag-third-era\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,1);border:1px solid #000000;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#000000;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Blueprint.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%201400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Blueprint.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Blueprint-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Blueprint-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Blueprint-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Blueprint-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Blueprint-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Blueprint.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/the-network-intelligence-blueprint\/\" aria-label=\"The Network Intelligence Blueprint\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:26px 0px 26px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/the-network-intelligence-blueprint\/\">The Network Intelligence Blueprint<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/author\/cgrundemanngmail-com\/\" rel=\"author\">~Chris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-25T16:23:02-04:00<\/span><span>March 25th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Documentation isn't a prerequisite you have to suffer through before the interesting work begins. It's how the interesting work becomes possible. To unlock faster troubleshooting, security hygiene, automation at scale, AI-driven operations, and new service velocity; you must first build an accurate, current, comprehensive understanding of the network.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4274\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4274 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-learning category-philosophy tag-childhood tag-education tag-eighties tag-idea tag-ideas tag-learning tag-philosophy\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,1);border:1px solid #000000;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#000000;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transmission.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%201400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transmission.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transmission-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transmission-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transmission-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transmission-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transmission-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transmission.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/damn-the-man-save-the-empire\/\" aria-label=\"Damn the Man. Save the Empire.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:26px 0px 26px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/damn-the-man-save-the-empire\/\">Damn the Man. Save the Empire.<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/author\/cgrundemanngmail-com\/\" rel=\"author\">~Chris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-14T15:26:02-04:00<\/span><span>March 14th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Saturday mornings. After-school TV. The video store. A specific window \u2014 roughly 1985 to 1995 \u2014 when the entertainment aimed at kids like me was saturated with a single, potent worldview: institutions are corrupt or incompetent, authority figures are obstacles at best and villains at worst, cleverness beats power, and the only loyalty that actually matters is to your crew.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4271\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4271 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-management category-networking category-philosophy tag-build-or-buy tag-khadga-consulting tag-netdevops tag-network-automation tag-third-era\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,1);border:1px solid #000000;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#000000;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mandate.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%201400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mandate.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mandate-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mandate-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mandate-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mandate-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mandate-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mandate.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/the-intelligent-network-mandate\/\" aria-label=\"The Intelligent Network Mandate\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:26px 0px 26px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/the-intelligent-network-mandate\/\">The Intelligent Network Mandate<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/author\/cgrundemanngmail-com\/\" rel=\"author\">~Chris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-06T19:05:02-05:00<\/span><span>March 6th, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The intelligent network isn't something you evaluate anymore. Parts of it are already operating in your competitors' environments. The question isn't whether your network operations will transform, it's whether you drive that transformation or respond to someone else's.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4266\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4266 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-networking category-quick-take category-techfieldday category-technology tag-aiifd4 tag-architecture tag-chip tag-data-center tag-digital-infrastructure tag-dpu tag-infrastructure tag-networking tag-switch tag-tech-field-day tag-technology\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,1);border:1px solid #000000;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#000000;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xsight.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%201400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xsight.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xsight-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xsight-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xsight-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xsight-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xsight-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Xsight.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/networking-silicon-that-thinks-for-itself\/\" aria-label=\"Networking Silicon That Thinks for Itself\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:26px 0px 26px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/2026\/networking-silicon-that-thinks-for-itself\/\">Networking Silicon That Thinks for Itself<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chrisgrundemann.com\/index.php\/author\/cgrundemanngmail-com\/\" rel=\"author\">~Chris<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-03-02T15:28:56-05:00<\/span><span>March 2nd, 2026<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Xsight Labs is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2017, with about 260 people, $440M raised, and, critically, two chips actually shipping today. Their X2 is a 12.8T Ethernet switch, and their E1 is an 800G DPU. 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