Ryan Hogan

Embrace The Suck

CEO Hunt A Killer.

Navy Reservist.

 

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What Will Kill Us Next?

April 21, 2020 By Ryan Hogan Leave a Comment

One of my favorite movies is The Martian. Don’t judge. It pulls back the curtain on how astronauts solve problems and shows us what’s at stake during times of peril. The movie is a masterclass on the decision-making process and demonstrates how the intersection of time and data impacts each step. When it comes to decision-making, there’s a simple equation for good leadership: make more right decisions than wrong ones. And great leaders can make tough calls under the gun with minimum data.

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Time to Rethink DTC

April 2, 2020 By Ryan Hogan Leave a Comment

Hunt A Killer team at NY Toy Fair in February, 2020

There are a lot of bold post-COVID-19 Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) predictions circulating the interwebs right now. I see articles with headlines like ‘DTC is Dead’ followed almost immediately by ‘DTC is the New Retail.’

So here’s my contrarian prediction:

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Hurry Up And Wait

March 26, 2020 By Ryan Hogan Leave a Comment

AWS2 Hogan in front of an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter in Thailand (2008)

Much of our team’s effort over the last five days will never see the light of day. The actions we are taking will fade without any immediate quantitative results—and I’m OK with that. We are working diligently on planning for unexpected scenarios and preparing for events that may never come to pass.

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Leaning In To Tough Decisions

March 19, 2020 By Ryan Hogan Leave a Comment

photo by team member Jeff Bartlett taken during an all-company ZOOM meeting this week.

The word current no longer applies right now; our entire world is changing on an hourly basis. Just one week ago I shared the proactive steps we took to keep our Hunt A Killer team and community safe. This week we updated our policies, made an extremely difficult decision, and reinforced our mission. Let’s start with the tough stuff.

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How We Implemented A Work-From-Home Strategy In The Last Week

March 10, 2020 By Ryan Hogan Leave a Comment

As we navigate through the societal impacts of COVID-19, I’d like to share how we’re proactively working to keep our teammates and members safe through these times of uncertainty. With offices in the Seattle area, we’re located at the epicenter of the domestic outbreak, so we took some proactive steps to avoid transmission while mitigating significant business disruptions.

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