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id: MAXCONNECT-TEAM-003
title: Independent asset-intelligence posture replaces Maximo-only identity
type: TEAM
state: red
area: B-people
purpose: atom-recalibration
priority: S
work_kind: A
provenance: corpus-synthesis
confidence: medium-high
triangulated: false
engagement: maxconnect
sources:
- uri: file://notebooklm/answers/20260727T180905Z-atom-recalibration.md
role: primary
- uri: notebooklm://e1998b3c-cb99-4544-8bc3-0c72012797dc/88a102aa-a89a-48eb-8e20-ed930b18a1c4
title: MaxConnect - 2026/07/27 16:28 BST - Notes by Gemini
role: supporting
- uri: notebooklm://e1998b3c-cb99-4544-8bc3-0c72012797dc/854c3c8e-dea8-4fb8-bda3-eb2a17649fcd
title: Rich | Ant - 2026/07/24 16:29 BST - Notes by Gemini
role: supporting
relates_to:
- MAXCONNECT-TEAM-001
- MAXCONNECT-INTERVIEW-001
- MAXCONNECT-OPP-020
feeds_atoms: []
open_questions:
- What brand/name replaces the working Max Connect label if the team chooses a platform-agnostic asset-intelligence posture?
- How should the team describe the initial Maximo focus without implying vendor lock-in or generic implementation-partner positioning?
- Which partners and community roles create conflicts that must be governed before launch?
needs_validation:
- Align founder/partner language on the independent advisory identity before updating public brand or pack headline copy.
- Validate community-conflict safeguards, especially around Rich Barber's user-group role, before using community access commercially.
resolution_log:
- 2026-07-27: Created after Rich/Andrew founder-partner notes reframed the venture away from a Maximo-only implementation identity toward independent asset-intelligence advisory with a selective, straight-talking operating model.
module:
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The latest founder/partner notes materially change the team-and-positioning truth. Max Connect remains the working project label, but the stronger thesis is an independent asset-intelligence advisory that starts in Maximo/MAS because the team has lived access there, not because the business should be permanently defined as a Maximo reseller or implementation shop.
This posture also creates governance work: Rich's user-group trust, Andrew's partner/practitioner relationships, Hadrian's operating model and Ant's tooling role need a clear rule book so commercial activity does not compromise community credibility.
Open questions
- What name and language carry asset-intelligence credibility without losing Maximo searchability?
- What community-access boundaries are non-negotiable?
- How does the no-nonsense, selective operating model translate into first-offer copy and qualification criteria?