CHAPTER 9
Working in chaos.
The leadership depth, capital, and bandwidth needed for the next move is rarely the same as what got you here.
PROMPT ONE
Where in your team have you promoted someone because someone had to be the manager, rather than because they were ready for it?
PROMPT TWO
What's the next ambitious move you're considering, and can you honestly say you have the bandwidth, the capital, and the leadership depth to run both your core and this new thing without one of them bleeding?
PROMPT THREE
Who on your team is currently holding things together with willpower because the structure can't yet hold the work — and how much longer can they?
MORE IN THIS SECTION
- CH 1Problems are an evolutionary feature, not a bug.
- CH 2This is fucking hard.
- CH 3Dunning–Kruger at scale.
- CH 4What race are you gearing up for?
- CH 5Business evolving faster than the founder.
- CH 6Founder evolving faster than the business.
- CH 7Navigating co-founder relationships.
- CH 8What do you do when life is lifing?