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Michael Kingston  ·  Martin Rippon
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▶ Today's session · 1 June 2026 · open now

Elisa's separation & Seeda's future

A response to your strategic blueprint, sharpened by new evidence. Two decisions pulled apart, exposure re-quantified, a clear recommendation for Tuesday, plus four questions for you.
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01Vietnam · binary decision
Loading…  ·  Mon 18 May 2026
Active  ·  … until decision

The 6-month commitment, or a clean exit.

Three-hour session in Vietnam. Full partner commitment to a 6-month plan with documented decision-rights — or separation. Agenda + success criteria finalised at the May 11 session. Each partner signs a written yes/no with date.

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Mon 18 May  ·  Vietnam
3-hour binary session
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02Asks for next session
11 May 2026 · 10:30am · 45 min total  ·  Open in deck →
Seven asks · primed for May 11 · two NEW high-priority added 6 May Open all asks →
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Vietnam structure · which of four agenda shapes to use (money-first / commitment-first / story-arc / split-room)
12 min Strategic
2
CPO role rethink · wrong people in product seats? Hire experienced product designer + CX, return Elisa + Vincent to data science
8 min New · High
3
Cultural ownership lens · Irish/UK vs Parisian on public mistakes — does this reframe the Vietnam agenda design?
6 min New
4
Partner financials · share Jan 25+ cash flow before May 18 or in the May 18 room?
4 min Binary
5
Albert override · name it directly in Vietnam, or let the decision-rights framework speak for itself?
4 min Binary
6
Comp agreement · sign before May 18, or make it a Vietnam outcome?
4 min Binary
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Spike UAT / Matt · fix this week as one-off, or take it into Vietnam as delivery-governance question?
4 min Binary
03Sessions
Weekly Mondays 10:30am Sydney  ·  Sign-in required to open
Next  ·  Mon 11 May 2026

11 May Advisory Session

26 sections · Vietnam in 7 days · CPO rethink + cultural lens added today. Money 20 · GTM 15 · Product 15 · People 25 · Asks 45.

Mon 11 May
10:30am Woollahra Library
2 hours
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Sun 20 Apr 2026

Apr 20 Strategic Frame

Four compounding problems · the gap visual · one strategic decision

2-hour Wotso 🔒 L0
Mon 4 May 2026

May 4 Partner Crisis

Vietnam locked in · Albert hire breach · 99 min · AI summary only (raw transcript pull failed)

No deck — see brain 🔒 L0
Mon 18 May 2026 · Vietnam

Vietnam Binary Session

Special: 3-hour, all 3 partners, signed page outcome. Pre-meeting prep at May 11 + May 17.

Vietnam · 3h 🔒 L0
04Strategic themes
9 themes tracked across sessions · the Martin lens distilled
Theme 1 · Crisis-grade

Partner governance breach

Escalated from "trust deficit" to existential. Albert hire override · no forming agreement at start. Vietnam is the resolution attempt.

Theme 9 · New 6 May

No forming agreement

The structural gap behind every other partner-conflict symptom. Decision-rights framework (S17B) is the proposed fix.

Theme 2 · Active

Sales undervaluation

Team treats sales as Michael's job, not collective ownership. Ask 1 (S20.1) addresses via "right roles" reframe.

Theme 6 · Active

The Gap · founder time

Hours above-line (customer-facing) vs below-line (operational). Tracked weekly. Vietnam prep is consuming bandwidth.

Theme 8 · Pattern

Structural lands · behavioural lags

Frame-to-force pattern. Vietnam booking finally broke the lag — first behavioural commit on time across 4 sessions.

Theme 7 · Reframe

Are we pre-PMF?

5 customers · 0 net new Q1 · "like but don't love" feedback. Accepting pre-PMF reshapes everything else.

06How the advisory works
The cadence that compounds
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Weekly 1:1 with Martin

Every Monday 10:30am. 2 hours. Wotso (or Woollahra Library when shifted). Live transcript via Fathom. Brain refresh after.

Weekly · Mon 10:30
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Brain refresh

5 living files: open-items, asks-queue, agenda-queue, themes, decisions-log. Updated after every session. Powers the next deck build.

Every session
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Sunday deck build

Scheduled task `advisory-board-prep` runs Sunday 6pm Sydney. Builds the next deck from brain + Martin transcripts + week's ops moves.

Weekly · Sun 6pm
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Decisions log

Every session adds rows under that date. Martin's input → decision → outcome → retrospective. Audit trail of advisory value over time.

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Asks discipline

Each ask: context · Michael's lean · what Martin's input unlocks. Time-boxed (4 min binary, 8–12 min strategic). Decision recorded.

Each session
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L0 access only

Michael + Martin only. SSO with 2FA. 30-min token. Never leaves the cookie. Vincent + Elisa explicitly NOT on the allowlist.

Always enforced