Writing
Notes from the work.
What I am seeing in growth-stage operations, and the thinking behind how I run them.
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August 15, 2026
The Gap Diagnostic: Why the Truth About a Stalled Program Depends on Who You Ask
Most operational diagnoses fail before they start, because they trust leadership's account of the problem over everyone else's. The Gap Diagnostic argues the opposite: the widest gap between what leadership believes and what the working team experiences is not noise, it is the finding.
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November 10, 2025
"The Mechanic's Car Won't Start"
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October 23, 2025
Three things shocked me about entrepreneurship at 60.
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October 11, 2025
Building isn't the bottleneck anymore
....was it really ever??...
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October 5, 2025
Claude Code lies to me. Constantly.
And it reminds me of raising my kids.
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October 1, 2025
The Perfect Test Suite for the Wrong Features
Over-engineering will kill your startup
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September 30, 2025
I thought coding was behind me.
Then AI pulled me back in (Yes, I saw the kitchen scene from Godfather III when I typed that).
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March 20, 2025
We are just fighting fires - A business Story
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March 8, 2025
Following the Customer
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February 26, 2025
The Crossroads of Growth
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February 20, 2025
The Overseas Edge
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February 5, 2025
Trust is fostered
A business story...
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January 29, 2025
A day in small business...
A business growth story
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January 25, 2025
Snow falls on the consulting landscape…
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January 12, 2025
'Tis the season for -- The "Pitch-Slap"
The ugly side of Marketing is back with a roar with the New Year
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