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The Invisible Asset Your Spreadsheet Misses: The Deep Dive

The Invisible Asset Your Spreadsheet Misses May 6, 2026 This week, Alex and Emily are discussing a concept that most executives never hear about until it’s too late, process knowledge. Drawing on Dan Wang’s book Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future and a key scene from Julien’s book Crash and [Burn] LEARN, they explore […]

The Knowledge Nobody Wrote Down

The Knowledge Nobody Wrote Down May 13, 2026 I still remember the plant tour.  We were walking the floor at “Atlas Manufacturing” in Tennessee — me, Don, Chester — doing what acquirers do. Noting the equipment. Clocking the layout. Mentally flagging the inefficiencies. Richard, the founder, was walking us through every station with the quiet pride of a man who had built something […]