{"product_id":"the-trapped-operator-hardcover","title":"The Trapped Operator - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter S. Bergeron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost small business books were written for organizations with shareholders, management hierarchies, and boards of directors. They got handed to the owner standing next to his front-line employees every single morning and presented as the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome of them help. None of them were built for you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter S. Bergeron has spent fifty years inside the pressure cooker of small business - starting at age four in his father's shop, moving through manufacturing, distribution, and professional services, and ultimately returning to run the family business. When his father passed unexpectedly in 2019, Peter was at work the next morning, because that is what a small business demands from its Trapped Operator. On January 13, 2020, he was forced to close the doors on that same business for the last time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Trapped Operator introduces the 12 Fatal Issues Framework(TM) - grounded in doctoral research, built around the owner at its center.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twelve issues are not a checklist of problems to fix. They are observable indicators of structural pressure - the forces that keep producing the same fires regardless of how hard the owner works, which systems get installed, or how much experience accumulates. The framework maps those forces across four structural systems and three issue groups, giving the owner a diagnostic lens rather than another action plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the book, readers will find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Fatal Snapshot(TM) - a six-question structural assessment that places any business in one of eight profiles, from At-Risk to Fully Owned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe three Operational States - Survival, Scale, and Stability - and why moving between them changes which issues carry the most structural weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Four Structural Systems and how pressure travels between them when one area weakens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe containment disciplines for all twelve issues - not elimination, but the structural work that keeps pressure from spreading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e70% of small business ownership transfers fail. The 30% who succeed were built with a clearer lens.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Trapped Operator gives owners that lens - and a framework to finally understand why the fires keep coming back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter S. Bergeron is a doctoral candidate at Johnson \u0026amp; Wales University, an adjunct faculty at Florida Gulf Coast University, and the creator of the 12 Fatal Issues Framework for Small Business. He is the founder of Wrestling Against Time LLC and 12fatalissues.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54089503408435,"sku":"9798998607325","price":41.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/26ZLQrWYKJ9798998607325.webp?v=1789591988","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-trapped-operator-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}