Shadow Approval Channels

What you may be seeing

Texts, side conversations, hallway check-ins and private calls become ways to secure founder alignment. The formal authority system remains intact on paper while the practical system operates through hidden reassurance.

Milestone to aim for

Make Consequential Decision Ownership Behaviorally Real

Accelerator

Decision Relitigation Review

Ask yourself

What recent example from your own company would confirm or rule this out?

Expand for the full Card and connections