by Todd Hagopian | Oct 3, 2026 | Leadership
Option B: The Binary Choice Terrifying Boards Boards Bargain. Operators Optimize. Outcomes Obey. THE BINARY CHOICE OPTION A • OPTION B • NO OPTION C OPTION A Optimize Your Way to Death • Hire another consulting firm • Commission another study • Phased rollouts,...
by Todd Hagopian | Oct 3, 2026 | Transformation
The standard instrument is a uniform percentage. The number comes down, it gets divided evenly across every function, and each leader is told to find their share. It is defended as fair, fast, and simple to administer, and it is the most reliably destructive tool in...
by Todd Hagopian | Oct 3, 2026 | Leadership
1. What does the standard cost sheet include? 2. Which costs are fixed per SKU? 3. How do you put a number on each one? 4. Where did the missing cost come from? 5. What about the cost of lead time? 6. What should you do with the rebuilt number? Hypothetical: $10.00....
by Todd Hagopian | Oct 3, 2026 | Leadership
Part one: building the screen Find the constraint first Rank by contribution per constraint hour A worked example When the constraint has slack The exceptions that survive the screen Part two: making the kill Give every candidate one way out The whole screen on one...
by Todd Hagopian | Oct 2, 2026 | Leadership
Awards and Recognition at a GlanceWhat Executives Who Worked Alongside Todd SayWhat 80/20 and Operations Leaders SayEditorial Reviews of the BooksThe Critic Who Became a Foreword WriterWhat Readers SayWhere Reviewers Push BackWhat This Evidence Does and Does Not...
