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Most operations content is either too academic or too shallow. Clearheaded Operations sits in the middle: short reads grounded in proven frameworks, written for people who run things at mid-market companies ($1-5B revenue).

Every article applies Rumelt's Kernel of Strategy or Goldratt's Theory of Constraints to a real problem and ends with something you can do Monday morning.

If you are new here, these five pieces will give you the best picture of what we cover and how we think.

The Reading List

1. What Is Clearheaded Operations? - The foundation. What this site is about and who it serves.
2. The Strategy 1-Pager: How to Compress Your Strategy to One Page - A practical template for distilling strategy into something your team can actually use.
3. Top 3 Podcasts for Strategy and Operations Leaders - The shows worth your commute time.
4. Top 3 Operations Books That Actually Changed How I Work - The books that shifted how I think about throughput, constraints, and systems.
5. Top 3 Strategy Books Every Operator Should Read - The strategy reads that matter most when your job is making things work.

What to Expect

New articles publish weekly. Each one is a 3-5 minute read that tackles a single operational challenge. No fluff, no jargon walls, no 47-step frameworks. Just clear thinking applied to real work.