Game Card · Early Scale · Decentralize It
Early Scale Stage: Decentralize It
The game
Move Consequential Authority to Capable Leaders Without Losing Enterprise Coherence.
Characteristic problem
Authority looks distributed formally but remains centralized behaviorally
What comes next
Mature Scale: enterprise strategy, capital allocation, succession, governance, portfolio choice and institutional renewal
A question to test it
Can capable executives and units make consequential decisions inside clear authority without routine founder approval?
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