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Doer to enabler: the hardest transition in operations

4 minutes. The field note, shown rather than read.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 The desk looks strong and is in fact fragile
  2. 0:14 The skill that earned the promotion
  3. 0:28 What changes when the doer becomes the manager
  4. 0:44 A set of standards, owners and checks
  5. 1:00 Why the patient pays when the manager keeps doing
  6. 1:21 So the gap is built into the system
  7. 1:33 How I would hand over my own work
  8. 2:07 Sort the list by risk rather than by comfort
  9. 2:19 I write the standard in plain words
  10. 2:32 The case they found hardest
  11. 2:39 A desk is ready
  12. 2:46 The trade-off I would accept
  13. 3:04 I do not quietly keep the task
  14. 3:16 What I would count to know the shift is real
  15. 3:36 The doer with a better title
  16. 3:48 The same at two in the morning as at noon

The field note