04
Dec
The Story Anchor
How to carry your client's voice into every room they're not in.
The Empty Chair
Jeff
7 min read
Charles Blain
04
Dec
Ownership Signals Accountability
You've heard this phrase in strategy meetings: "We should probably..."
Probably expand. Probably pivot. Probably invest.
1 min read
03
Dec
Execution Reveals
Your budget, your calendar, and your promotion list don't lie. Everything else might.
The Bank That Couldn'
11 min read
03
Dec
Why Handoffs Kill
She asked for water.
Sorrel King had been watching her eighteen-month-old daughter recover from burns covering more than half her
3 min read
03
Dec
The Series B Death Spiral
You're about to make four mistakes simultaneously. And they don't add. They multiply.
Your startup just
4 min read
03
Dec
The Dunbar Trap
There's a number written into your brain. It determines how many people you can actually work with.
There&
4 min read
03
Dec
Conway's Law
Your org chart is your architecture. Whether you want it to be or not.
In 1967, a programmer named Melvin
4 min read
03
Dec
The Andon Paradox
The tool is never the constraint. The permission to use it is.
In 1984, Toyota took over a General Motors
4 min read
03
Dec
Encoding Judgment
You've watched this happen. The person who "just knows" which customer requests matter. Who can feel
1 min read
02
Dec
Why Faster Beats Better
Speed of learning beats quality of planning. The organization with the fastest loop wins.
In 1950, the U.S. Air
4 min read