Field Notes

Practical writing for product leaders and boutique advisors – on deciding what to build, answering the hard questions, and running a sharper practice.

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Knowledge & AI

Where AI Processing Ends and Advisory Judgment Begins

How one advisory intelligence operation structures the 70/30 AI-human divide – and what boutique advisors need to know about where judgment must stay.

4 min read
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Knowledge & AI

AI Is Rewriting Search. Here's How Your Website Writes Back.

AI Mode crossed 1 billion users at Google I/O. Organic clicks are falling. WebMCP is how websites talk directly to AI – and Fieldway built it on fieldway.org.

7 min read
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Knowledge & AI

Consultant AI Guides All Cover the Same Five Things. Here's the Sixth.

Every 2026 consultant AI guide covers five areas. They're all right. None covers a sixth area – and it may be the most expensive gap in your advisory practice.

5 min read
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Managed Intelligence

The Consulting Firm AI Margin Gap Has Nothing to Do With Tools

The 2026 SPI benchmark shows a 17.9% vs. 6.0% EBITDA gap. The difference isn't which AI tools consulting firms use — it's what's organized underneath them.

5 min read
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Knowledge & AI

How I Built an AI Publishing Pipeline

I spent about a month building a pipeline that handles my newsletter, blog, LinkedIn, and Facebook from a single Obsidian draft. Here's what I built.

5 min read
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Knowledge & AI

How I Built a Drop-a-File AI Video Publishing Pipeline

How I built a drop-a-file AI video publishing pipeline using Claude Code – and what it says about running content ops without the grind.

5 min read
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Managed Intelligence

The 30-Client Plateau Is a Knowledge Problem, Not a Headcount Problem

When boutique advisory practices hit the capacity ceiling, most reach for headcount. What we see consistently: it's a knowledge problem, not a bandwidth one.

4 min read
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Managed Intelligence

The Fractional COO's Role Just Changed. Here's the Gap It Left.

AI drove a 46% fractional COO demand surge by restructuring the role itself. Here's what the unbundling left behind – and why it matters for boutique advisors.

5 min read
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Managed Intelligence

What Boutique Advisors Actually Need From a Research Partner

Boutique advisors don't need more research help – they need a synthesis layer. Here's what that looks like, and how to tell the difference.

6 min read