A series worth reading in order

The Operator's Handbook

A six-part study of the invisible systems that hold growing companies together, and what changes when you make them visible.

  1. 01

    The workflow you inherited

    Every process in your company was designed by someone. Usually years ago. Usually not on purpose.

    Part 1 9 min · James Akrigg
  2. 02

    How to map what's actually happening

    Don't start with a whiteboard. Start with a Tuesday. Here is the shadow-a-colleague technique we teach every new operator.

    Part 2 11 min · James Akrigg
  3. 03

    The processes you haven't written down are running your company

    After twelve months working alongside four operations teams, a pattern emerges: the workflows you trust most are the ones nobody ever documented. Here is what happens when you finally do.

    Part 3 14 min · James Akrigg
  4. 04

    Ownership is not a job title

    The quiet mechanics of handing a process to someone new without breaking it.

    25 Apr 10 min · James Akrigg
  5. 05

    Evidence, not documents

    Why compliance stops being a project when the trail builds itself.

    02 May 8 min · James Akrigg
  6. 06

    What good looks like in six months

    The practical signs you have made the shift from tribal knowledge to living systems.

    09 May 12 min · James Akrigg
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