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Less Beats More [Revisited]
Progress doesn’t always need a plus sign
Aug 28
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Taylor Otstot
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The Silent No
How rooms full of yeses produce phantom progress
Aug 25
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Taylor Otstot
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Raise the AI Levee
Scrutiny is a scarce resource in the age of AI. Here's how to treat it like one.
May 5
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Taylor Otstot
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The AI Watershed
The cost to produce analysis has never been lower. The cost to make - and own - good decisions has never been higher.
Apr 12
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Taylor Otstot
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Dig Where the Water Is
Why teams either solve the wrong problem or admire the right one.
Mar 31
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Taylor Otstot
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Die on the HILL
Everything I've written says hold back. This is the exception.
Mar 18
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Taylor Otstot
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Slaying the Seven
A 3-step protocol for when your company’s forecasts suck.
Mar 11
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Taylor Otstot
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Luck Gets You In the Door. Systems Keep You There.
Your guide to year one of CFO Frameworks - where to start, what to read, and what's coming next
Jan 3
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Taylor Otstot
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WAIT for it
The CFO’s guide to speaking up when it matters...and shutting up when it doesn’t
Aug 13, 2025
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Taylor Otstot
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Upstream or Underwater
Why unchecked ideas drown your team - and how smart leaders raise the gate
Jun 30, 2025
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Taylor Otstot
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A Light Touch
The useful leadership skill that creates capable, empowered teams
Jun 10, 2025
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Taylor Otstot
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The ABCs of Partnership
Five strategies that pull Finance off the sidelines and into every decisive huddle
May 22, 2025
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Taylor Otstot
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See the Good
How to spot potential, reduce risk, and scale upside with the SEE Framework
May 16, 2025
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Taylor Otstot
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Decision Debt: The Hidden Cost of Every (In)Action
How today's shortcuts become tomorrow's constraints — unless you intervene
Apr 29, 2025
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Taylor Otstot
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