Field notes

Letters we would have sent anyway

These pieces are written for people inside the work. They are not a content calendar.

March 2026

The cost of a strategy that never leaves the whiteboard

Offsites create a shared mood. Monday creates a queue. How to tell whether last quarter’s thesis is still alive.

January 2026

What regional NSW firms get wrong about scale

The map is the least interesting constraint. Credit, the second hire, and who will actually move.

November 2025

A board pack that actually gets read

Directors are not lazy. They are rationing attention. A note from the Board Papers clinic.

August 2025

Hiring a consultant without outsourcing judgment

How to keep the decision in the building when you bring Apppathgrid — or anyone else — into the room.