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If you’re secretly done with your job, read this

If you’re secretly done with your job, read this

I built Future Fractional for people who know they can’t keep doing this forever.

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
boundaries boundaries
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An anti-hustle, anti-grind 2026 visioning exercise

An anti-hustle, anti-grind 2026 visioning exercise

And some notes about redirected ambition.

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
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Reflections on Future Fractional

Reflections on Future Fractional

Plus! A January Future Fractional Launch.

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
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How Compartmentalizing Broke My Brain (and How Coherence Put It Back Together)

How Compartmentalizing Broke My Brain (and How Coherence Put It Back Together)

The evolution of how I work—and what it taught me about building sustainable systems

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
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Why every Founder needs an Operator

Why every Founder needs an Operator

And why every operator needs to own their brilliance

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
operationsoperations
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How to Make Fractional Work... Work

How to Make Fractional Work... Work

Why founder/ fractional relationships fail and what it takes to get them right.

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
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Why are we still working for jerks?

Why are we still working for jerks?

With a dozen different ways to earn a living surely we don't need these assholes

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
operationsoperations
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Yes, Your Small Business Needs to Professionalize

Yes, Your Small Business Needs to Professionalize

And no, that doesn’t mean turning it into a soul-sucking corporate monster.

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
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So You Want to Be a Fractional Ops Leader?

So You Want to Be a Fractional Ops Leader?

What It Is, What It Isn’t, and How to Actually Get Started as a Fractional COO, Fractional Chief of Staff or Fractional Project Lead

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
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When the Story Is True

When the Story Is True

The brand, ops, culture connection I can't stop seeing

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
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The Real Order of Operations

The Real Order of Operations

People first. Tools last.

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff
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Your Brain Is the Business

Your Brain Is the Business

How to price, plan, and protect your energy like the asset it is.

Mary Alice Duff
Mary Alice Duff