Essays, Frameworks & Positioning Intelligence

The thinking behind the work. Real positioning breakdowns, narrative psychology frameworks, and the patterns most consultants never see.

01

The Architecture of Attention: Why Some Companies Command and Others Compete

Attention is not distributed fairly. It flows to the companies whose authority infrastructure is engineered to be legible. This essay maps the exact architecture that separates companies that command from companies that compete.

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02

Default Authority vs. Designed Authority: The Difference Is Everything

Your market has already formed beliefs about your company. The only question is whether those beliefs were designed or accidental. This distinction separates companies that set prices from companies that negotiate them.

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03

Signal vs. Static: Why Most Positioning Fails Before It Starts

The market cannot value what it cannot clearly perceive. Most companies are broadcasting static - inconsistent messaging, unclear differentiation, borrowed positioning. This essay breaks down what separates signal from noise.

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04

Zero-Click Authority: How to Become the Name AI Systems Reference

In the AI era, buyers don't search for vendors - they search for experts. AI systems surface those experts before a human even types a query. How to engineer your Knowledge Graph for category sovereignty.

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05

Why Most Podcasts Fail to Build Authority (And What to Do Instead)

A podcast is not a content strategy. It is an authority infrastructure deployment. Done correctly, it converts before the sales call happens. Here is the difference between the shows that build authority and the ones that don't.

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06

The Counterintuitive Math of Premium Positioning

When Sonia Granados repositioned her photography brand, inquiries dropped 40% and revenue tripled. This is not a paradox. It is the math of premium positioning - and it works the same way every time.

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