Illustration from above: a calm orange circle, around it coloured rings with laptop, phone, camera, notebook, flyer and letter
In Flow · Story 17 · September 18, 2026

The Word DNA

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This story picks up a thread: The first note in this bed: a word that took a while to find.
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At the centre of Kenala sits something that went without a good name for a long time. Internally it was called Master Brain for a long time. For a while it was called brand memory, then, for one day, Core. All correct, all useless. A doctor's practice does not think of itself as a brand. And nobody who does not write code knows what to do with Core.

On September 17 I said: DNA. A company's identity database. Who you are, how you speak, what you look like, what always has to be right. A word you have to explain first is not the right one yet. This one needs no explaining.

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A word you have to explain first is not the right one yet.
Illustration: at a standing table Roman hands a new colleague a folder with an orange spine, a dachshund jumps up at her
A DNA is like an onboarding folder. Except that it stays up to date.