field notes
Selected writing tied directly to the work.
Field Notes is GroupMAV's record of what we've seen, heard, and concluded across two decades of China-related work. Sample reports, observations from the field, and short arguments on decisions that come up repeatedly.
Not a marketing blog. The writing is for senior decision-makers facing the kind of China-related problems we are brought in to diagnose.
The business was not running. It was being carried.
A China industrial business looked stable after a hostile JV separation. The recovery was being held together by one operator. A Mid-Mortem review of leadership transition readiness.
No market to enter.
A China market entry plan assumed high and growing demand. Fieldwork found the product solved the wrong problem. A Pre-Mortem review of market entry risk.