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- MB-030
The Status Call Trap
I've sat in on a lot of implementation calls to audit delivery teams. And nine times out of ten, I see the exact same failure mode.
Jul 20, 20263 min readMeetingsOperators - MB-029
The Handoff Illusion
I’ve built or been part of building Professional Services organizations from scratch three times. And every single time, the first major fire thar had to be put out isn’t a technical failure.
Jul 13, 20263 min readHandoffPost-Sales - MB-028
Implementation is Not Onboarding
I hear it in almost every leadership meeting when a SaaS company is trying to scale its post-sales motion. The words “implementation” and “onboarding” are used interchangeably, as if they are the exact same phase of the customer journey.
Jul 6, 20263 min readImplementationPost-Sales - MB-027
Your Go-to-Market Strategy Doesn’t End at the Sale
Every company has a customer journey.
Jun 29, 20263 min readGTMPost-Sales - MB-026
The Invisible Architecture of Failure
We treat failure like an event. A sudden crash, a missed quarter, a churned enterprise account. But failure is never an event. It is an architecture. It is built slowly, day by day, through disconnected decisions and ignored signals.
Jun 15, 20263 min readSystemsPost-Mortem - MB-025
Signals vs. Metrics
The Brief
Jun 8, 20262 min readMetricsSignals - MB-024
Friction is the Tax You Pay for Growth
Most leaders think growth creates complexity.
Jun 2, 20262 min readGrowthSystems - MB-023
Pressure Tests Don’t Lie
The Mission Cycle didn’t come from this.
May 4, 20261 min readSystemsLeadership - MB-022
SaaS Before it was Cool (or Accurate)
Before I worked in SaaS, I worked in corrections.
Apr 20, 20262 min readSaaS HistoryMindset - MB-021
Your Team Does Not Need More Metrics. It Needs a Baseline.
One of the biggest mistakes in operations is thinking measurement automatically creates clarity.
Apr 13, 20264 min readMetricsSystems - MB-020
Stop Tracking Health. Start Tracking Drift.
Your customer health score didn’t fail you.
Apr 6, 20262 min readCustomer SuccessSignals - MB-019
What 8 Years as a Correctional Officer Taught Me About Customer Success
The Brief
Mar 30, 20261 min readCustomer SuccessCareer - MB-018
More Process Is Not the Fix. Better Thinking Is.
I love process.
Mar 23, 20261 min readSystemsMindset - MB-017
The Alignment Illusion
Every leadership team thinks they're aligned.
Mar 16, 20261 min readAlignmentSystems - MB-016
Control the Variables
Everyone wants control. Trust me. I worked in a jail for nearly a decade.
Mar 9, 20262 min readFrameworksExecution - MB-015
Your Pricing Model Is Broken. Here’s What’s Next.
Welcome to this edition of The Mission Brief, your weekly intelligence report for SaaS operators. This week, we’re tackling the silent killer of SaaS profitability in 2026: outdated pricing models.
Feb 23, 20263 min readPricingStrategy - MB-014
Your GTM Is Obsolete. Here's What's Next.
Welcome to this edition of The Mission Brief, your weekly intelligence report for SaaS operators. This week, we're diving deep into the tectonic shifts reshaping Go-to-Market (GTM) teams. The age of siloed functions and predictable playbook
Feb 17, 20264 min readGTMStrategy - MB-013
The Operator's Burden
There is a moment in every operator’s career when the room changes.
Feb 9, 20261 min readLeadershipOperators - MB-012
Burnout is Not a Personal Failure
It’s a Systems Signal.
Feb 3, 20261 min readWell-beingLeadership - MB-011
When Speed Becomes Reckless
Speed is not the villain. Unexamined speed is.
Jan 26, 20261 min readExecutionFrameworks - MB-010
MLK Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t lead with comfort.
Jan 19, 20261 min readLeadershipMindset - MB-009
The Alignment Myth
Most leadership teams believe their biggest challenge is alignment.
Jan 12, 20261 min readAlignmentFrameworks - MB-008
When the Signal Is Your Own Body
Last week, my left eye tried to teach me a lesson.
Jan 5, 20262 min readLeadershipWell-being - MB-007
2025 Wasn’t About Content. It Was About Clarity
2025 wasn’t a content year.
Dec 29, 20252 min readContentClarity - MB-006
Tech Stack Field Notes
Tech is loud right now. Tech Stack: Field Notes documents the tools that survive real work — the ones that earn their seat after being dropped into messy operations, real deadlines, and human behavior.
Dec 22, 20251 min readSystemsAI - MB-005
Read This Before You Discount Your Experience
Everything I learned about project management, I learned carrying a set of Folger Adam keys, walking into a housing unit, and pretending I absolutely knew what I was doing… even when I didn’t.
Dec 15, 20251 min readCareerMindset - MB-004
The 'Workslop' Hypothesis
Status: Field Analysis Complete Subject: Agentic AI Deployment Effectiveness Classification: Tactical Knowledge
Dec 8, 20252 min readAIFrameworks - MB-003
The Great AI Showdown: Who Analyzed My LinkedIn Profile Best?
If you’ve been keeping up, you know I’ve made it my personal mission to keep my LinkedIn not just updated, but actually valuable — a source of insight, a home base for my professional brand, and a place to experiment with the very tools I t
Dec 1, 20254 min readAI - MB-002
Iterate Like Your Life Depends on It
Principle 7: Iterate Like Your Life Depends On It
Nov 24, 20252 min readIterationMindset - MB-001
Welcome to the Frontline
If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I don’t do fluff.
Nov 17, 20252 min readField ReportManifesto