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Weekly Update #68: Stop Automating Your Mess. The Q4 Playbook for 2027

I sat out Aspire Ignite this week for the first time in five years and recorded this one from the hangar. If you came home from those events feeling behind, this episode is for you. You're not behind. But you might be about to automate a mess.

I walk through the algorithm K&D is using to get ready for 2027: delete, simplify, accelerate, and only then automate. It comes from Elon Musk's playbook, and the Tesla battery cover story explains why most companies get the order wrong. Then I show you what it looks like in real life. We just deleted 256 receipts a month at K&D, which frees up about…

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