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Half of all business exits are triggered by unexpected events such as death, disability, divorce, or partner disputes. Discover why exit readiness is an operational priority—and how reducing owner centricity, developing leaders, and building dependable systems can protect your company, uncover hidden profit, and increase its value.

Most operational fixes target the loudest symptom instead of the system beneath it. The final article in the Hidden in Plain Sight series explains how reverse-engineering improvements from customer demand can unlock hidden profit, reduce dependence on operational heroes, and turn value creation into a leadership development engine.

Experience is one of a leader’s greatest assets—but it can also hide costly assumptions in plain sight. In Part 3 of the Hidden in Plain Sight series, Tim Van Mieghem explores how inherited training, promote-from-within cultures, and organizational inertia can quietly suppress output for years. One untested machine setting reveals how much profit may be trapped behind “that’s how I was trained.”