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Eric Hathaway

I make
organizations
work.

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The friction nobody talks about

Your strategy
isn't the problem.

67%
of well-formulated strategies fail due to poor executionHarvard Business Review
86%
of employees cite lack of alignment as the primary cause of workplace failuresMcKinsey & Company
$37M
lost per year, per company, from misunderstood communications aloneHolmes Report

Technology is a commodity.
Talent is available.
Capital is cheap.
Frameworks are published.

Alignment is the
only edge left.

Sources: Gartner, McKinsey, Bain, HBR

The Cost of Getting It Wrong

Misalignment isn't just inefficiency.
It's money on fire.

Without Alignment
$37M
Lost per year from miscommunication aloneHolmes Report
$7.8T
Global cost of disengaged employeesGallup 2024
67%
Of strategies fail at executionHarvard Business Review
9 mo
Average time to kill a failing initiativeMcKinsey
23%
Of payroll wasted on misaligned workAsana Anatomy of Work
With Alignment
21%
EBITDA margin increase in 90 daysLevel9 Engagement
42%
Cross-functional productivity gainsLevel9 Engagement
1,400
Hours/month automated from systemizationLevel9 Engagement
2x
Initiative success rate with kill criteriaLevel9 Engagement
3 wks
To identify failing projects (vs 9 months)Level9 Engagement

The gap between these columns is alignment. That's it. Same people, same tools, same market. Different operating system.

MicrosoftCredit SuisseT-MobileS&P GlobalZoot
1991-2000

Build

Three continents. Nine markets. Zero playbook. Built it anyway.

9 markets, 20%+ market share growth
Full P&L ownership, 30%+ margin increase
The system IS the common language
01 · 1996-2000

CEO, Credit Suisse

Prague, Czech Republic

CEO30%+

Empty office → full operation. Full P&L in a foreign market. 30%+ margin increase.

CREDIT SUISSE
30%+
Margins
25%
Rework cut
P&L
Full ownership

“Operational architecture IS the common language.”

02 · 1993-1996

MD, SE Asia, S&P Global

Singapore & SE Asia

M&A20%+

9 global markets via strategic M&A. 20%+ market share growth across six countries.

S&P GLOBAL
9
Markets
20%+
Share growth
6
Countries

“Self-correcting systems beat supervised ones.”

03 · 1991-1993

CTO, Mono-Lite

Montana

TECHNOLOGY

First build. End-to-end systems architecture before 'startup culture' existed.

MONO-LITE
0 → 1
Greenfield
Full stack
End-to-end

“Systems are only as good as the humans who use them.”

04 · 2022-2025

COO, LucidORG

Montana

AICOO

Built AI platform measuring organizational efficiency. 4 modules. Co-founded with daughter.

LUCIDORG
4
AI modules
20%+
Performance
2x
Exec success

“Built the system I wished existed.”

05 · 2008-2012

Director, WWPS, Microsoft

Redmond, WA

94 OFFICES

Global platform rollout across 94 offices. 100+ stakeholders. 2x operational throughput.

MICROSOFT
94
Offices
100+
Stakeholders
2x
Throughput

“5% at HQ compounds to 50% in the field.”

06 · 2012-2014

Director, Analytics, T-Mobile

Bellevue, WA

ANALYTICS

Made alignment measurable for the first time. Post-acquisition integration. 2x throughput.

T-MOBILE
2x
Throughput
1st
Measurable
M&A
Integration

“Dashboards, not offsites.”

07 · 2015-2019

Global VP, Zoot Enterprises

Bozeman, MT

20%+ ENG.

Enterprise scale, every time zone. 20%+ engagement, 25% rework reduction.

ZOOT
20%+
Engagement
25%
Rework cut
Global
All zones

“Made the implicit explicit. Codified it.”

08 · 2024-Present

Exec Director, NextGen Interns

Montana

EDUCATION

Leading the next generation. AI readiness, The LucidWAY. Taught Org Behavior at MSU.

NEXTGEN + MSU
100s
Students
MSU
Professor
AI
Readiness

“Mentoring the next generation of operators.”

2000-PRESENT

Scale

Enterprise to AI. From managing to measuring to building.

94 offices, 100+ stakeholders
AI platforms, nonprofits, education
From managing to measuring to building
2020-PRESENT

Architect

Built the systems I wished existed.

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Montana
Home base. Where it started.
Prague
CEO, Credit SuisseBuilt Czech operations from zero
Singapore
MD, S&P Global6-country regional transformation
Hong Kong
MD, Standard & Poor'sSE Asia regional transformation
Zurich
Credit SuisseGlobal business development
Bali
LucidORGCo-founded with Sasha
Panama
Winning by DesignRevenue ops transformation
Redmond
Director, Microsoft100+ stakeholders, global ops
Bellevue
Director, T-MobileMade alignment measurable
Bozeman
Level9Building StratOS, CommandOS, OutboundOS
6
continents
60+
countries
30+
years

Organizations should
work as beautifully
as the people inside them.

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