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A few pieces that lay out the argument the method rests on.

The structural claim

Most “People Problems” Aren’t People Problems

A company grows fast. Two years ago it was fifteen people who could figure anything out in a hallway conversation. Now it’s ninety, and something feels off. Projects that should take weeks take months. The same issues keep coming back. Two of the leaders who used to work well together now barely talk.

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The primary constraint

Why Capable Leaders Keep Solving the Wrong Problem

A leadership team notices things are slowing down. Decisions drag. Projects stall. Everyone’s busy, but not much is actually getting done. So they do what capable people do. They make a list of what’s wrong and start fixing it.

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Where is execution actually getting stuck?

Ten questions on how your leadership team operates under real conditions, not how it is designed to. About three minutes, self-scored, nothing stored or sent.


Reading isn’t diagnosing

The writing describes patterns in general. Identifying which one is the primary constraint in your leadership team is what the diagnostic does.

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