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Writing on pay, hiring and discretion in the private market.

June 2026 · Risk

The risk nobody on your team can read

You hedged the risk with money. You never staffed it with judgment.

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The risk you named the loudest is the one you staffed the least.
Issue 44
Issue 43 · June 2026 · Continuity

The one-person office

You did not choose to run on one person. You drifted into it.

Issue 42 · June 2026 · Hiring

The shortage is real. The clarity is on you.

The way you describe the job is the part you can fix.

Issue 41 · May 2026 · Retention

The second briefing

The first one gets an interview. The second one gets a resignation.

Earlier issues
40

The briefing you never got

May 2026
39

Nobody audits the advisors

April 2026
38

The $40,000 conversation you aren't having

April 2026
37

The other side doesn't know either

March 2026
36

Your rarity is not what you think it is

March 2026
35

What you don't know before you walk in

February 2026