Bring the context
Dump your world in a voice note, a paragraph or a deck. Review what the board keeps.
Big decisions.
Not yours alone.
Bring the question you can't stop carrying. A named expert owns the call.
Start with
what's real.
A site, a deck, a voice note. Give your Chief of Staff the context before asking for a call.
ContextConsultDebateDecision
One point of entry.
The right expertise.
Your Chief of Staff receives the question and brings the right expert into the work.
ContextConsultDebateDecision
A board that
pushes back.
When the call gets bigger, add chairs. Rival views meet at the same table. The dissent stays.
ContextConsultDebateDecision
Less transcript.
More judgment.
A clear position. The floor that would change it. The sharpest dissent, kept on the memo.
ContextConsultDebateDecision
The answer returns.
The board stays.
Come back to the same problem. When your world moves, the same call can reopen.
ContextConsultDebateStanding call
Example / founder's question
Should we hire two AEs this quarter?
Scroll to follow the question ↓
A world behind the answer · 01 / 06
Your world. Their judgment.
One clear next move.
A Consult starts with one expert. When you need the fight, add chairs at the same table.
Talk to a named expert
Pick the person who fits the question. They remember the world you've put on the table.
Keep the call
Take a position, a floor and the dissent with you. Return to the same problem, not a blank chat.
The answer has a shapeA memo you can
A memo you can
actually act on.
A yes or no is a Decision. A path is a Plan. The expert picks the shape the question needs.
Illustrative Consult · The CFO
Should we hire two AEs this quarter?
The call
Do not open the two seats this quarter.
The floorRevisit when net-new pipeline covers four months of fully-loaded cost.
Dissent keptIf both AEs close their first deal in 45 days, the freeze was the expensive call.Different instincts.
The same world.
The CFO
Runway, unit economics and the number you cannot go below.
The Operator
The next move, the owner and what needs to stop.
The Skeptic
The assumption the room is too comfortable making.
The Empath
The hard conversation and the people inside the decision.
The Strategist
The bet worth making, and the one worth leaving behind.
The CEO
The call that holds when competing priorities collide.
A standing callSit back down.
Sit back down.
Don't start over.
The hiring freeze. The price floor. The project you killed. Your open problems remain the place to return.
AE hire / holding
Hold the two seats.
The CFO owns the call.
When the world moves
The same problem reopens. The previous decision and its reasons are still on the table.
Bring your world.
Meet your board.
Start with the question on your mind.
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