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Human in the Loop: Because Tools Don't Lead Teams

If AI’s your shiny hammer, I’ll help you stop nailing your own foot.

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  1. Issue · Aug 12, 2026

    The Business Got Very Good at Needing You (opens the original)

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    TL;DR Most owner-led businesses hit a ceiling where the whole thing routes through them. Here are the seven signs it’s happening, and the four practices that fix it. <img alt="" class

  2. Issue · Jul 22, 2026

    Why Reading About Bottlenecks Won't Remove Yours (opens the original)

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    TL;DR: You’ve read the books, you can explain the pattern, and the decisions still land on your desk. Knowing your bottleneck and removing it are two different jobs, and this is the story of the second one.<im

  3. Issue · Jul 3, 2026

    3 Reasons Your Team Keeps Missing the Mark (None of Them Is Talent) (opens the original)

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    TL;DR You keep concluding your team can’t execute. But they’re aiming at standards that are invisible, arbitrary, and ever-shifting — the three properties your preferences pick up when they live only in your head. That’s the real diagnosis behind “I’m the bottleneck.”<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XQez!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0940cc19-83f2-4f64-a503-

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