The DGW Lens

A strategic perspective on clarity, leadership, and work

The DGW Lens is a collection of insights drawn from real operational work across industries.

Here, I write about clarity as a leadership discipline—how thoughtful processes, practical systems, and intentional decision-making create calmer, more effective organizations.

This isn’t theory. It’s perspective shaped by experience, focused on helping leaders navigate complexity with confidence.

Dawn White 1/19/26 Dawn White 1/19/26

How to Identify the 3 Processes Slowing Your Business Down

When leaders feel overwhelmed, their instinct is often to work harder or push teams to move faster. But speed rarely fixes the real problem. More often, the issue is that a small number of processes are quietly slowing everything else down.

You don’t need to fix everything to make meaningful progress. You need to identify the right things.

Dawn White 12/19/25 Dawn White 12/19/25

Why Operational Clarity Is the Most Underrated Growth Strategy

Growth is often framed as pursuit of more: more customers, more revenue, more tools, more hires. But in my experience, the businesses that grow most sustainably don’t start by adding. They start by clarifying.