The Carve-Out Clock: Standing Up Standalone Operations Before the TSA Runs Out
The day a carve-out closes is not the day the business can run on its own. Between those two dates sits a…
FNOL Automation: Fix the Claims Intake Step Before Anything Downstream
When a policyholder reports a loss, a regulatory clock starts. California’s Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations give an insurer 15…
The PE Operators’ Table — Episode 01: Wayne Marhelski on the Execution Gap
A conversation with Wayne Marhelski on value stream mapping, the execution gap, and why value leaks in the PE hold…
Operating Partners Are Flying Blind on Portfolio Operations
A partner at a mid-market fund sits on five portfolio-company boards, and the EBITDA each business delivers at exit is…
Forward-Deployed Operations: The Model AI Companies Just Rediscovered
A few months ago the engineering world fell back in love with a job title it had mostly forgotten. OpenAI…
What Claims Adjudication Automation Actually Means for Mid-Market Operations
Vendors selling claims adjudication automation tend to promise the same clean future: a claim arrives, software reads it, applies the…
Why Enterprise AI Adoption Stalls in Mid-Market Operations
The headline numbers on enterprise AI adoption look like a landslide. McKinsey’s 2025 State of AI survey reports that nearly…
The Digital Transformation Challenges That Actually Sink Projects
When a mid-market digital transformation stalls, the post-mortem usually blames the technology, and the post-mortem is usually wrong. McKinsey’s research…
Digital Transformation Consulting Was Built for a Problem That No Longer Exists
The world will spend close to $2.5 trillion on digital transformation this year, on its way to roughly $4 trillion…
Default Servicing Automation When Every Stage Is Its Own Case File
Under Regulation X, a servicer generally cannot make its first foreclosure filing until a loan is more than 120 days…