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My ultimate goal is to write useful and relevant content about everything related to creating success and getting you to the next level.

Sometimes however, I do find myself just blogging about things that need to be talked about, so don’t be surprised by what you find popping up here. I always welcome all useful comments, suggestions and critiques. So come often, bring a friend, and stay as long as you’d like!

The Junk Drawer Effect: Why Bundled Tickets Kill Flow blog blueprint leadership roadmap & strategy Feb 19, 2026

I’ve spent decades looking at service boards, and I can tell you exactly which tickets are killing your team's morale. It’s not the complex server outages. It’s not the difficult migrations.

It’s the ticket titled: "A few things..."

I created the Ten Golden Rules of PSA to help IT leaders stop dro...

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The "Smell and Taste" Test: Bridging the Gap Between Brand and Reality blog blueprint leadership roadmap & strategy Jan 23, 2026

It is easy to write a mission statement. You can hire a marketing agency, pay them a few thousand dollars, and they will give you a sleek website that says you are the "premier provider of world-class solutions."

On the surface, you look great. Your public image is polished, your promises are big, ...

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The Service Architect’s Blueprint: Constructing a Business That Actually Performs blog blueprint leadership roadmap & strategy Dec 26, 2025

According to the U.S. Census, Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) represent virtually all businesses (99.9%). In the United States alone, that’s tens of millions of organizations employing nearly half of all private-sector jobs. If you look at the global stage, the ratio remains largely the sam...

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