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Capable functions still require founder integration
You may recognize this when
- I have good department heads and I am still the person making the parts work together.
The experience
Realizing you have capable functions but cross-functional problems still require you to make the pieces behave like one company
Common first interpretation
My department heads need to cooperate better.
What it may mean
Strong functions can optimize locally while the enterprise lacks mechanisms for shared tradeoffs, priorities, and integration.
Developmental demand
Build the mechanisms through which capable parts act as one enterprise.
Trap if unresolved
The founder remains the permanent cross-functional glue.
In the book
Ch. 7 - The Parts Must Become a Company
A question to test it
Which decisions require enterprise rather than functional optimization?
Source: The Founder's Experience
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