The room that keeps the cadence. Friday founder summary, weekly priorities, vendor and tooling discipline.
The team (head: Chief of Staff)
- Chief of Staff
- Automation Ops
- Vendor & Tooling Ops
- Ops Watchdog
What this department actually does
- Turns one sentence into a scoped mission. You write a one-line priority. It comes back with an owner, an acceptance bar, the non-goals, and the evidence required before anything starts moving.
- Keeps the whole org honest on cadence. Weekly priorities set. Friday summary written. Anything stalled for a day gets flagged to the right owner before it rots.
- Runs the operating review you keep skipping. Thirteen weeks of decisions, shipped work, and open loops compressed into one read. Old calls logged so they do not get relitigated.
- Holds the tool and vendor line. Every paid tool tracked with cost and usage. Renewals queued 30 days out. Consolidation proposed before the next charge lands.
Example missions in your own words
You do not assign these tasks by hand. You type one sentence and the department scopes it. A few realistic examples:
- "Tell me what is actually stuck this week and who owns it."
A short list of stalled missions, the owner of each, and the one decision or input that would unstick it. No status theater. - "I keep getting pulled into the same five decisions. Find them and route the rest."
Every recurring decision logged, sorted into what only you should decide and what a department can own. The routine ones move off your plate with an owner attached. - "We are spending too much on tools. Cut it."
Every subscription inventoried with cost, owner, and last-use date. Overlaps flagged, three cancellations proposed with the savings totaled. - "Set up the cadence so I never walk into a week blind again."
A weekly priority hierarchy, a Friday founder summary, and a queue that surfaces anything stuck for 24 hours before you have to ask.
Every artifact this department produces runs through the four-step review (builder, QA, reviewer, security) before it reaches you, and any risky move waits at one of the five approval points.