Sadie Shepard

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Scaling on Luck: Why “Good” Businesses Still Break

A nonprofit was growing fast, but burning out. Here’s how we built systems to turn reactive success into compounding growth & sustainable impact.

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The Competence Prison: The $425K Mistake Companies Keep Making

Your smartest employee quits. Six months later, you’ve spent $425K on worse solutions. This post unpacks the financial absurdity no one talks about: when companies trap top talent in execution roles, then spend 4x more on consultants to fix what was already working.

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The Hidden Cost of Misalignment (And How to Fix It)

When growth masks deeper problems, businesses stall. Here’s how to identify misalignment, fix what’s off, and protect your momentum from the inside out.

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