Insights
The RDM Advisory Briefs.
Short, occasional notes on how institutions actually execute: where decisions stall, why capable people cannot make a system work, and what changes when authority, cadence, and evidence are designed rather than assumed.
Written from the work itself — island systems, hospitals, public agencies, boardrooms, new ventures — and kept brief enough to read between meetings. One every few weeks, not every week.
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Books
The doctrines, in full.
The site names the vocabulary. The books teach the system — first on Kindle, then in print.
Forthcoming on Kindle, with a print edition to follow
The RDM Strategic Execution Architecture
Three domains, three forces, one decision philosophy, the Ten Operating Principles, and the five stages of SXOS™ — how an institution moves from reality to Durable Institutional Capability, and how the system is installed and handed back.
Forthcoming on Kindle, with a print edition to follow
The RDM Leadership Doctrine
Four disciplines for the people who lead the system, the principles beneath each, the Leadership Covenant, and the six practices that carry the doctrine into daily work.
Published briefs
The first Briefs follow in autumn 2026. Subscribers receive them first.