Operations
Operations choices look tidy in a memo and messy on a Monday. Argumont compares process changes against disruption, capacity, and whether the new path is staffe...
decision
A location is a long-dated assumption
Location decisions are slow to reverse and easy to romanticize. Argumont compares sites, remote-first, and delay, with talent and logistics treated as evidence problems.
What this decision type is
You may be choosing a city for an office, a region for inventory, or a jurisdiction for an entity. Those are different decisions. Do not score them as one vibe.
Common mistakes
Founder preference for a city because it is pleasant to visit. Visit quality is not operating quality.
Another mistake is ignoring the spouse-and-school constraint on the people you actually need to hire.
What evidence matters
Wage bands, hiring funnel reality, tax and employment rules, shipping times, and customer presence. Chamber of commerce packets are marketing.
Example criteria
Talent access
Whether you can hire the roles that matter.
Logistics
Distance to customers, plants, or data.
Regulatory load
Employment, tax, and data rules you must actually follow.
Reversibility
Lease, entity, and relocation cost if you are wrong.
Common risks
Flagship office
The location becomes a brand project instead of an operations project.
Split-brain teams
Two sites create two cultures and one missed handoff.
Example decision
Open in Austin, stay remote-first, or add a small hub in a customer city. Hub-only can win if travel is the real constraint.
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Operations
Operations leaders are judged on what happens after the memo. Argumont compares process options using throughput, error cost, and whether the people exist.
Decisions
These pages are not a directory of keywords. Each one describes a kind of choice, the evidence it needs, how Argumont scores it, and where to go next.
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