Accelerally Better Direct

The word invites us to ask, in any endeavor: What is already accelerating? And how can I join it wisely?

Similarly, “acquihires” (buying a company for its talent) are accelerally maneuvers: a big firm absorbs a small team’s velocity rather than building from zero. Consider two junior employees. One toils in isolation, perfecting skills. Another attaches to a high-visibility project led by a senior mentor, contributes small but visible tasks, and gets promoted faster. The second advances accelerally —not by being more skilled, but by riding the momentum of a recognized engine.

Introduction: A Word Waiting to Be Born Language is a living organism. It grows, mutates, and occasionally sprouts entirely new limbs to describe realities that previously had no name. Consider the gap between acceleration (the physics of increasing speed) and generally (the broad, sweeping scope of “in most cases”). Now imagine a hybrid: accelerally .

So go ahead—work hard, create original value, but also learn to move accelerally . Because the bus is passing. And you might as well grab the bumper. End of write-up.