NOTES FROM THE LONG WAY AROUND.
Pieces written over years of running businesses, leading people and figuring things out the hard way.
THE IDEAS AREN'T
THE POINT.
WHAT YOU DO WITH THEM IS.
I have written about business for years. Some of those ideas survived contact with reality. Others made more sense after a difficult lesson.
New original essays on agency leadership now sit alongside selected work I previously published with Inc., NextNW, pdxMindShare and others. Each piece has its own source and purpose.
Start with whatever question feels familiar.
ARE YOU BUILDING
THE BUSINESS YOU
REALLY WANT?
In 2026, Kent wrote about the difference between being good at something and wanting it to be your work. It's a useful place to begin a different kind of business conversation.
READ THE ORIGINAL ESSAY ↗AN OFFSITE
SHOULD CHANGE SOMETHING.
In 8 Offsite Practices That Turn Team Retreats Into Strategic Wins, I describe the preparation, honest discussion and follow-through that make annual offsites useful instead of another day away from the desk.
If the bigger challenge is building a team that can make decisions without you, move from the article to founder-dependency advisory or start with the free decision brief.
MAKE ONE IDEA USEFUL THIS WEEK.
If an essay prompts a question about your own company, use the free decision brief to compare options, or see how a founder advisory conversation works. These original articles are starting points for thought, not a substitute for understanding your particular business.