Measure twice, launch once — the value of a real pre-launch audit.

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Most launch failures aren’t strategy failures. They’re execution checks that nobody owned. The full piece will work through the reasoning, the evidence we’ve seen across recent engagements, and a short list of practical moves you can make inside your team this quarter.

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