{"id":100,"date":"2026-03-11T06:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/johnbrogan\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2026-09-22T06:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T06:37:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/johnbrogan\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"100\" class=\"elementor elementor-100\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-025fd28 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"025fd28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ecdb36 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"3ecdb36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_center   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">ABOUT<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecb36ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ecb36ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a4e901 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a4e901\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-657e9b8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"657e9b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/johnbrogan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4hp27oh7heva9c7e43nv9fieqr._SY450_CR00450450_-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-244\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/johnbrogan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4hp27oh7heva9c7e43nv9fieqr._SY450_CR00450450_-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/johnbrogan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4hp27oh7heva9c7e43nv9fieqr._SY450_CR00450450_-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/johnbrogan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4hp27oh7heva9c7e43nv9fieqr._SY450_CR00450450_-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c12286 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c12286\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67e0dc3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"67e0dc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">ABOUT THE <span><span>AUTHOR<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0John Patrick Brogan is a business owner whose insight comes from running, sustaining, and steering organizations where outcomes\u2013not ideas\u2013define success. His perspective is forged in the trenches of decision-making under constraint, uncertainty, and pressure, where every choice has real life financial and human consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Brogan has led teams, managed risk, allocated capital, and confronted operational breakdowns that immediately impact cash flow, performance, and morale. He has seen bow leadership clarity or its absence changes the trajectory of an organization, and how small failures can spiral into systemic collapse if not diagnosed and corrected early. His focus is on restoring clarity of control, aligning people and incentives, and building resilient operational systems that function when conditions deteriorate.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>In\u00a0The Biology\u00a0of Business,\u00a0Brogan draws directly from his experience as a business owner to explain why companies behave less like machines and more like living systems\u2013and why survival depends on understanding and managing the organization from the inside out.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38173b7 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38173b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27deea1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"27deea1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70398b0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70398b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;,&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/johnbrogan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/other.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/johnbrogan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/other.png 691w, https:\/\/clothecenter.com\/johnbrogan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/other-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-692dd73 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"692dd73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac730b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-heading\" data-id=\"5ac730b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" ><div class=\"ekit-heading elementskit-section-title-wraper text_left   ekit_heading_tablet-   ekit_heading_mobile-\"><h2 class=\"ekit-heading--title elementskit-section-title \">AUTHOR BIO<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div class='ekit-heading__description'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Don Lesser received his MFA in fiction from the University of Massachusetts. 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