Publishing

Field notes from the desk

Longer reads on throughput honesty, custody drills, and recap politics—written for people who stand in actual aisles.

2025-02-14

Reading Ulsan foot traffic without expensive sensors

Manual intercept discipline and simple tally rhythms still outperform guesswork when malls hesitate on data sharing.

2024-11-03

Tabletop exercises beat slide decks when distributors need shared language before a launch.

2025-01-21

One-page briefs win when color, role tags, and escalation paths are impossible to misread.

2024-09-09

Tiles should answer the questions operations and merchandising ask—not every metric imaginable.

2025-03-02

Negotiating realistic 15-minute slices beats promising Hollywood speed.