Steve · Founder & Chief Accountability Officer
When things go wrong,
we find something to blame.
Steve’s Accountability Service specializes in helping companies discover the perfect external factor, process gap, vendor, weather event, or third party to take accountability — so your team can keep moving forward with clean hands and clear messaging.
What We Actually Do
We don’t fix the problem. We find the perfect entity, event, or abstraction that can absorb the accountability for it.
Scapegoat Engineering
Deep-dive analysis to identify the most credible non-executive target — a legacy system, a previous vendor, “the previous team,” or an industry-wide constraint.
External Factor Mapping
We catalog weather, supply chain, regulatory timing, solar flares, and “unprecedented market conditions” so you always have a ready narrative.
Process Gap Discovery
Expert identification of “unclear ownership,” “handoff friction,” and “documentation lag” — the softest, most respectable forms of accountability.
Messaging & Positioning
We craft the exact language that lets leadership acknowledge the issue while clearly locating responsibility elsewhere. Clean. Professional. Defensible.
Root-Cause Theater
Full post-incident reviews that look rigorous, produce detailed findings, and conclude that accountability sits just outside your org chart.
Retrospective Shielding
Ongoing advisory so your internal retros stay constructive and never accidentally produce a named owner who still works here.
How It Works
From “something bad happened” to “here’s what/who/why is accountable” — usually before the next all-hands.
Intake
You tell us what went wrong (or what might). We sign the NDA and get to work.
Scan
We map systems, vendors, timelines, and environmental factors for viable accountability targets.
Select
We recommend the strongest, most defensible option and prepare supporting narrative.
Deliver
You receive talking points, slide-ready findings, and optional live briefing support.
What Clients Say
Real outcomes. Real relief. Names changed for obvious reasons.
“Steve’s team identified ‘legacy architecture decisions from 2019’ as the accountability vector. Board accepted it immediately. We shipped the fix the next sprint with zero internal fallout.”
“We thought we needed a scapegoat. Steve found us a ‘cross-functional process ambiguity’ that was even better — no single person to defend, and everyone still felt productive.”
“The weather narrative was airtight. Regulatory timing was the backup. We used both. Stock recovered in 48 hours. Steve is a wizard.”
Crisis Package
Full accountability discovery + messaging + optional executive briefing. Most clients resolve the narrative within one business day.
Enterprise retainers and multi-incident packages available.
Start an EngagementSomething already went wrong?
Or something might. Either way — we can help you locate the accountability where it belongs: somewhere else.
Email Steve → steve@accountability.exampleResponse within 2 hours during business hours. NDA available on request.