There was a time I wanted to be an anchorwoman. But that’s a story for another day. Yesterday, I sat down to write and thought: Why do we still underestimate business operations? I talk about them constantly, and for good reason.. Because if Fortune 500 companies rely on strong operations to survive… Why do founders think they can scale without them? Let’s be clear: SOPs weren’t created for the sake of documentation. They were built because things started to break. The moment work involves more than one person: → Quality dips → Outcomes get inconsistent → Margins quietly suffer And that’s not a modern problem. It’s a human systems problem. → Medieval guilds enforced strict rules → Naval ships ran on precise routines → Factories couldn’t scale informal knowledge → Militaries adopted SOPs as survival tools Operations aren't "corporate." They're how complex businesses stay stable, across centuries. I wrote about this in more detail👇. If you care about scaling, sustainability, or profit, read it. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quiet-history-behind-every-scalable-business-sops-jessica-marie-culle?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via