Unchecked Assumptions

Unchecked Assumptions

I build, and own, the artifacts that get nonprofits to stop spinning in place: the financial model, the system that makes the work visible, the conversation where people feel part of the answer. It usually starts with an assumption nobody's checked in years.

They asked me to scale our fastest methodology. I scaled the cost table instead.

Aug 17, 2026

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They asked me to scale our fastest methodology. I scaled the cost table instead.

The speed everyone wanted to copy wasn't the process. It was a hundred projects with one client.

Clint Sievers
Clint Sievers
We told them everything except how bad it was going to be

Aug 11, 2026

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We told them everything except how bad it was going to be

Then I did the same thing to my own council, with numbers I built myself.

Clint Sievers
Clint Sievers
Our budget balanced every year for a decade.

Aug 3, 2026

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Our budget balanced every year for a decade.

It was wrong the whole time.

Clint Sievers
Clint Sievers