<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"><url><loc>https://substack.mark-carroll.com/p/commercial-urgency-is-a-signal-it-sales-deal-breaker-product-roadmap-tradeoffs-decision-authority</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Empathy Engine</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-12T15:04:14+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Commercial Urgency Is a Signal. It Doesn't Finish the Decision.</news:title></news:news></url><url><loc>https://substack.mark-carroll.com/p/the-work-moved-the-judgment-didnt-owner-bottleneck-decision-authority-judgment-distribution-business-dependency</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Empathy Engine</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-11T13:02:45+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>The Work Moved. The Judgment Didn’t.</news:title></news:news></url></urlset>