Your Z-Score Is 1.4. Your Strategy Offsite Is Monday. You’re About to Light Three Weeks on Fire. New CEO, distressed asset, forty-seven days in. The calendar says Monday is the three-day strategy offsite at the lake house, booked six weeks ago, sixteen executives flying in, a consultant pre-read, a vision statement to ratify. The Altman […] Read More

Your Star GM Hit Every Bonus Target for Three Years. Your ROIC Dropped 400 Basis Points. You’re About to Promote Him. The GM is celebrated at the annual ops review. Three straight years of bonus-target attainment. The CEO calls him a “model operator” in front of the room. The board likes him. The PE partners […] Read More

Stacey St. John Joins Stagnation Assassins as Women’s Leadership Expert Stagnation Slaughters. Strategy Saves. Specialists Scale. Key Takeaways: The Stagnation Assassin Methodology Now Has a Women’s Leadership Authority The Stagnation Assassin methodology has expanded beyond what one operator can cover. Today, I’m announcing that Stacey St. John — bestselling author, multi-million-dollar entrepreneur, and one of […] Read More

Your CFO Says There’s No Cash for the Capex. Your Cash Conversion Cycle Is 94 Days. There’s $18 Million Sitting in Your Warehouse Pretending to Be Inventory. Your operations team has been waiting 14 months for a $4 million capex approval that would unlock a 20% throughput gain at the primary constraint. Your CFO has […] Read More

Your Customer Success Team Closed 4,200 Tickets Last Quarter. They Generated $0 in Expansion Revenue. Your NRR Is 94%. You’re Leaking. Your Head of Customer Success walks into the QBR with the usual deck. Ticket volume: up 12%. Average resolution time: down 18%. CSAT: 4.6 out of 5. NPS: 52. Renewal rate: 89%. The room […] Read More

The Board Approved the Speed Strategy in Q1. By Q3, the Fastest Decision in Your Company Still Takes 47 Days. Strategy Didn’t Fail. The Operating Model Ate It. The January board offsite ratified the new strategy. Two days at the lake. Seventeen executives aligned. A printed strategy document with a clean visual framework, a three-year […] Read More

Your $40 Million Digital Transformation Just Went Live. It Automated 17 Manual Workarounds and Broke 23 Others. You’re Worse Than Before. Go-live was last Tuesday. The consultants popped champagne. The CIO gave the all-hands speech about “a new operational foundation.” Three weeks later, the warehouse is running on spreadsheets nobody told the new system about, […] Read More

Proprietary Strategy Framework: The Self-Reinforcing Death Spiral — How Three Genes Compound Into Terminal Velocity STAGNATION ASSASSIN / CHAPTER 1 / WHEN GENES COMBINE THE SELF-REINFORCING DEATH SPIRAL Three genes — PDG × CBG × ISG — create compound effects that overwhelm adaptive capacity. Each phase accelerates the next. 01 PHASE 1 PERFORMANCE DECLINES Revenue […] Read More

Proprietary Strategy Framework: The Consulting Incentive Trap — Why Big Four Firms Profit From Your Delay STAGNATION ASSASSIN / WHY CONSULTANTS PROFIT FROM YOUR DELAY THE CONSULTING INCENTIVE TRAP Incentives shape behavior. The consulting business model doesn’t reward prevention — it rewards crisis. IF YOU CALL EARLY Still making $3M/year. Prevention. WHAT THE FIRM EARNS […] Read More