Author: Marc Ragsdale

I draw a parallel between work intake and the postal system, showing that every task should be treated like a package: captured, tagged, routed, tracked, and delivered with precision. By unifying intake and applying disciplined tagging, teams eliminate ambiguity and misrouting. Proper routing ensures tasks land where they belong, while real-time tracking offers transparency and […]

I reflect on the hard lesson that good intentions rarely translate into real execution, especially within complex organizations like Kaamfu. I’ve learned to interrupt vague promises and instead require immediate, in-the-moment completion of tasks before allowing work to proceed. By coaching new team members patiently and demanding organized systems from leaders at every level, I […]

I explore how every organization functions as a system of Units, each carrying cost, responsibility, and Signal — the information leadership uses to gauge value. I reveal how Signal Quality serves as a proxy for trust, determining whether leadership can steer confidently or must rely on guesswork. I show how weak Signals, whether from people, […]

In this blog, I confront the reality that most SMEs operate without true visibility into their own performance. While departments rely on countless tools and platforms to track fragmented data, none of it rolls up into a unified system that connects costs directly to value. CEOs and leaders are left juggling spreadsheets, meetings, and incomplete […]

In this blog, I expose how modern organizations drown in tools that fragment leadership’s intent into disconnected tasks and shallow reports. I recognize the missing Signal — the unbroken thread linking goals to outcomes with full accountability. I see that true leadership requires more than dashboards; it demands a system that carries intent cleanly through […]

In this blog, I describe how Kaamfu is embracing AI through the Agent Protégé Program, encouraging employees to adopt and engage with AI tools suited to their work. I highlight the program’s dual purpose: skill development and identifying those eager to grow with AI. While the transition is challenging, I stress its importance for long-term […]

In this blog, I explore the collision of AI-driven hyperproductivity and human-centered craftsmanship. I describe how Wide Productivity, powered by AI and capital, displaces mass labor while producing surplus goods at astonishing scale. Yet, alongside it, Narrow Productivity emerges—offering personal, local, and intentional value that massive enterprises cannot replicate. I reflect on how society will […]

In this piece, I explore the diverging paths of human labor as AI reshapes the global economy. I reveal how Wide Productivity amplifies individual effort through technology, capital, and discipline, producing immense surplus enjoyed by millions. At the same time, I acknowledge the rise of Narrow Productivity, where displaced workers rely on self-sufficiency and localized […]

In this blog, I confront the looming bifurcation of labor driven by AI and automation. I describe how organizations like Kaamfu are enabling a world where a small, highly skilled Productive Class wields immense leverage within disciplined, hierarchical structures, accomplishing feats once requiring massive workforces. Alongside them, a much larger Supported Class will emerge—individuals displaced […]

In this blog, I explore the emerging tension between traditional hierarchical management and a growing anti-authority sentiment grounded in care and humanness. I contrast my own Gundam-like view of organizations—structured, disciplined, and outcome-driven—with a rising discomfort toward hierarchy, particularly among younger leaders. As AI reshapes the economic landscape, eliminating vast swaths of white-collar work, I […]