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    <title><![CDATA[Why we stopped offering hourly consulting in 2022]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Hourly billing sounds flexible. In practice it creates the wrong incentives on both sides. Here is what we switched to and why it changed the quality of the work.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-07-10</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What a Process Audit actually looks like]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[We are glad to introduce Tom Wexford, who joined StreamMind Zone Lab in May 2026. Tom comes from six years in operations at a mid-market manufacturing firm and brings a very different kind of experience to the studio.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Most consulting engagements go wrong before they start. Not because the consultant is bad or the client is difficult, but because nobody agreed on what 'done' looks like before the run began. Scoping is the work that happens before the work, and it is the part most people rush.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Process problems are easy to feel and hard to name. The team is busy, work is moving, but something is consistently slow or consistently wrong. Here are five specific signs that the route has broken down, and what to do about each one.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Async consulting is not consulting with fewer calls. It is a different way of structuring the work so that progress does not depend on everyone being available at the same time. Here is how it works in practice and when it is the right choice.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Strategy Sprint is our most common starting point for new clients. Two weeks, a fixed scope, and a written route document at the end. Here is a plain account of what actually happens across those fourteen days.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-03-15</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[The question comes up often: should we hire someone full-time or bring in a consultant? The honest answer depends on the specific situation, not on a general preference. Here is a practical way to think through it.]]></description>
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