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Books

Three books on what organizations keep and what they lose

Each one describes the same failure from a different angle: capability, knowledge, or identity ends up living somewhere fragile, and holds only as long as someone is there to explain it.

Kenny Kane, 2005
Cancer & Advocacy

Six years at Stupid Cancer, from intern to Chief Operating Officer

My father's diagnosis in 2005 led to the cancer nonprofit sector, and to the operating work that has followed since: Stupid Cancer, Gryt Health, and the Testicular Cancer Foundation.

Writing

Operating notes, tooling, and organizational systems

Notes from running organizations: what documentation holds up, where execution concentrates in individuals, and which tools reduce the work rather than adding a system somebody has to maintain.