# Jon Mayo: Architect of Transformational Intelligence Architecture > For the full blog index, see: https://jonmayo.com/llms-full.txt > Embedded operating partner for founders and CEOs who own everything and settle for nothing. Carbon and silicon integrated: the leadership, and an owned-intelligence operating system that makes a business compound. Creator of Transformational Intelligence Architecture (TIA). Veteran (U.S. Army Artillery Officer, 4th Infantry Division). Four published books. Based in East Texas. ## About Jon Mayo is an embedded operating partner for founders and CEOs. He brings both halves most people sell separately: the leadership (culture, alignment, strategy, decision rhythm) and the architecture. He is the creator of Transformational Intelligence Architecture (TIA), an owned-intelligence operating system for how an organization decides and acts, turning everything a business knows into sharper decisions at every seat. A veteran (U.S. Army Artillery Officer, 4th Infantry Division), four-time published author, and founder of WayMaker, an AI-powered daily decision-making system. ## Services Jon works with founders and CEOs who take radical ownership and settle for nothing, who want more profit, more freedom, and sharper execution. His approach combines full-picture business analysis (P&L, operations, org structure, culture, leadership) with the owned-intelligence architecture (TIA) that turns disconnected business data into sharper decisions at every seat. One partnership, proven from the trades to the enterprise in eight-figure outcomes. ## Client Results - Across engagements: $18M+ in annual value created, $5M+ in overhead eliminated, clients ranked top 1% in their industries (third-party benchmarked) - Trades operator: a leaner, higher-performing team while revenue grew, with over $1M in overhead eliminated in 10 months - Multi-arm restoration platform: an $18M annual P&L swing, a loss-making unit converted to profit - Active engagements include a 1,200-person professional-services firm ## Key Pages - [Home](https://jonmayo.com): Overview of Transformational Intelligence Architecture and client results - [About](https://jonmayo.com/about): Jon's background, philosophy, and approach - [TIA](https://jonmayo.com/tia): Transformational Intelligence Architecture, the owned-intelligence operating system for how your organization decides and acts, and how it turns what a business knows into sharper decisions at every seat - [Resources](https://jonmayo.com/resources): Books, WayMaker app, podcast archive, original music - [Books](https://jonmayo.com/resources#books): The four published books, each with a dedicated page at /books/ (see Books below) - [Shop](https://jonmayo.com/shop): WayMaker apparel, premium tees and merch, printed on demand - [Blog](https://jonmayo.com/blog): 195+ articles on leadership, strategy, TIA, frameworks, perspectives, and weekly gut-checks. Feeds: https://jonmayo.com/blog/feed.xml (RSS), https://jonmayo.com/blog/feed.json (JSON Feed, full text) - [Field Notes](https://jonmayo.com/field-notes): Short-form thought stream, observations from the work, captured in the moment. Notes are organized by topic at /field-notes/topic/. Live themes: Mindset (/field-notes/topic/mindset), Resilience (/field-notes/topic/resilience), Stewardship (/field-notes/topic/stewardship), Simplicity & Execution (/field-notes/topic/simplicity), Strategy (/field-notes/topic/strategy), AI & Silicon (/field-notes/topic/silicon). Feeds: https://jonmayo.com/field-notes/feed.xml (RSS), https://jonmayo.com/field-notes/feed.json (JSON Feed) - [Contact](https://jonmayo.com/contact): Inquire about working together ## Blog Categories (195 articles: WayMaker Wednesday (76), Mastery (45), Stewardship (44), TIA™ (30)) - **TIA™**: How you systematize extraordinary outcomes, the intelligence architecture under the work. - **Stewardship**: Honest inquiry on leading, deciding, and stewarding. Leadership truths and hypotheses in progress, not formulas. - **Mastery**: Personal mastery. Discipline, the inner game, the fighter's mind, relentless becoming. - **WayMaker Wednesday**: The weekly WayMaker Wednesday newsletter, archived in the blog, a gut-check for those who demand the extraordinary. ## Books Four published books by Jon Mayo. Each has a dedicated page at /books/: - [Be Relentless](https://jonmayo.com/books/be-relentless): *If the Obstacle is the Way, Then We Must Be WayMakers.* Move from sleepwalking through life to intentional living, and turn obstacles into opportunities. - [Forge Forward](https://jonmayo.com/books/forge-forward): *Your Freedom is Hard Earned.* Evolve beyond personal growth into someone who creates, fortifies, and invigorates the world around them. - [Your Next Mission](https://jonmayo.com/books/your-next-mission): *Forge Your Purpose-Driven Path.* A workbook for navigating a major life transition: reclaim your identity, find clarity, and write your own mission. - [Master Strategy with Agility: The STRIVE Handbook](https://jonmayo.com/books/master-strategy-with-agility): *How to Activate Your Vision & Thrive Amid Uncertainty.* An end-to-end methodology to formulate, execute, and adapt strategy with agility: the STRIVE framework, from first assessment through live course-correction. ## Methodologies & Frameworks - **Transformational Intelligence Architecture (TIA)**: An owned-intelligence operating system for how an organization decides and acts, turning everything a business knows into sharper decisions at every seat, built to stay the client's and compound - **AIRE (Ascending Infinite Recursion Engine)**: The recursive engine at the heart of TIA. Every cycle compounds learning into better outcomes - **The WayMaker Code**: A 10-tenet framework for transformational living covering intentionality, curiosity, wisdom, truth, relentlessness, courage, sisu, unity, freedom, and legacy, introduced and enumerated in the book *Forge Forward* (Chapter 3, then a chapter each in 5–14), not Be Relentless - **STRIVE Methodology**: A strategic framework for Situation, Trends, Risks, Intent, Venture, and Engage (planning-to-action agility) - **HVAC Communication Model**: Hook, Value, Actuate, Close. A framework for impactful messaging ## Contact - Email: jon@jonmayo.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-e-mayo/ - WayMaker: https://waymaker.ai