The Series
Authors
Three founders. Seven essays. Each author owns the argument, signs off on every paragraph, and defends the claim publicly.
Larry Augustin
Chairman & CEO, Brief
Larry founded VA Linux Systems and led SugarCRM for a decade. He writes four of the seven Papers and owns the HBR pitch for Essay 04.
4 essays: 01, 02, 04, 06
Clint Oram
Co-Founder, Brief
Clint co-founded SugarCRM and led the category-creation work in the 2000s. He writes Essays 03 and 07, and owns the series program management.
2 essays: 03, 07
Zac Sprackett
Co-Founder & CTO, Brief
Zac authors the architecture essay. His subject is the World Model of Work, and why owning whether the work carries through cannot be retrieved from documents.
1 essay: 05