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Day 1 — 9:45

Personal Intros &
Working Styles

The Hot Seat
Day 1 — 9:45 ~7 minutes each
The Format

How It Works

Each round: one person in the hot seat, 8 questions, ~7 minutes.

1

Pick

You pick 2 questions. The team each picks 4. Pinned questions are automatic.

2

Answer

Questions appear one at a time. Answer honestly. The notetaker captures everything.

3

Summary

AI generates your working style profile while the next person gets ready.

Joe goes first to set the tone.
Session Artifact

Team Field Guide

Shared Wiring
  • Direct communication is non-negotiable. Everyone wants bad news fast, with context, no sugar-coating.
  • Context before decisions. Charles needs full context. Tiff needs impact + specific ask. Joe needs mission alignment.
  • Builder mentality. Every person builds — Anna built product ops, Lizzie built structure from chaos, Janine transforms support, Charles is rebuilding engineering.
  • Meetings must produce outcomes. Zero tolerance for performative meetings without next steps.
Productive Tensions
  • Processors vs. real-time thinkers. Tiff and Anna need processing time. Joe and Charles decide fast. Respect both.
  • Speed vs. structure. Joe pushes pace. Lizzie builds foundations. This tension is the engine, not a bug.
  • Culture is new territory. Joe evolved on this. Team should call it out when culture gets deprioritized under execution pressure.
How We Work Best Together
  • Frame, don’t dump. State the impact, what you need, and by when.
  • Give Tiff and Anna processing time on big decisions. Follow up async.
  • Let Charles and Joe move fast on tactical calls. Context + autonomy.
  • Lizzie is the connective tissue. Early warning system for process gaps.
One Thing to Watch
  • Execution bias could crowd out reflection. Everyone is a builder. The risk: decision to decision without checking if they connect. The antidote: structured pauses to ask ‘are we still aligned?’