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Stagnation Assassin

The Anti-Consultant Manifesto

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Pub Date 14 Jul 2026 | Archive Date 14 Jul 2026


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Description

Your business is dying. Not quickly-that would force honest recognition-but slowly and comfortably. You're surrounded by leaders nodding along to the same recycled platitudes that created the problem.

Eighty percent of businesses are stagnating right now. Most leaders will read the same books, hire the same consultants, and implement the same frameworks as their competitors and wonder why they can't get ahead by running the exact same plays.

Todd Hagopian built a $3 billion plus track record across Fortune 500 turnarounds by doing the opposite of everything consultants taught him. He systematized that approach into nine weaponized frameworks, the HOT System, and field-tested them across Berkshire Hathaway, Illinois Tool Works, Whirlpool, and his own company, which he doubled in value in three years.

The Stagnation Assassin offers the complete arsenal: The 80/20-Squared that reveals how 4 percent of your business creates 64 percent of your value, the Karelin Method that delivers 5.76 times the productivity, the 3-A Method that enables fifty-two improvement projects annually instead of three to four, and the Orthodoxy-Smashing Framework that breaks the invisible rules strangling your industry.

No consultants required. No six-month studies. No Option C. You have ninety days. Optimize to death or declare war on stagnation. The war begins Monday morning.

Your business is dying. Not quickly-that would force honest recognition-but slowly and comfortably. You're surrounded by leaders nodding along to the same recycled platitudes that created the problem.

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A Note From the Publisher

Todd Hagopian, author of The Stagnation Assassin and host of the Stagnation Assassin Show, has held several positions within the Fortune 1000, such as VP of Product Strategy, GM, business unit manager, and president. His award-winning book The Unfair Advantage: Weaponizing the Hypomanic Toolbox won the Independent Press Award "Distinguished Favorite," NYC Big Book "Distinguished Favorite," and many others. Hagopian initiated systematic turnarounds at Berkshire Hathaway, Illinois Tool Works, and Whirlpool. Featured over thirty times on Forbes.com and covered by Fox Business, NPR, and others, his frameworks reach over 100,000 social media followers. Hagopian holds an MBA from Michigan State University.

Todd Hagopian, author of The Stagnation Assassin and host of the Stagnation Assassin Show, has held several positions within the Fortune 1000, such as VP of Product Strategy, GM, business unit...


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ISBN 9798888249741
PRICE $18.95 (USD)
PAGES 250

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