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Chapter 11: Scaling Without Headcount
Chapter 41: When the Organization Changes Shape
Appendix G - Operating Cadence Templates
Appendix H - Executor SLA Mapping Templates
Appendix I - One Initiative, All Surfaces: A Threaded Example
Chapter 4: The Four Execution Modes
Chapter 5: The Complexity Shift
Part II — Organizational Structure
Chapter 6: The Unit of Execution Revisited
Chapter 7: Structural Archetypes
Chapter 8: Layers and Spans in a Hybrid Org
Chapter 9: The Platform Layer
Chapter 10: Centralize vs. Distribute
Chapter 11: Scaling Without Headcount
Part III — Roles and Ownership
Chapter 12: The Ownership Gap
Chapter 13: New Roles That Emerge
Chapter 14: What Changes for Existing Roles
Chapter 15: The Accountability Model
Chapter 16: Designing for Role Clarity Under Ambiguity
Part IV — Decision Architecture
Chapter 17: Decision Types in a Hybrid Organization
Chapter 18: Pushing Decisions Down — and Knowing When Not To
Chapter 19: When the System Decides
Chapter 20: The Escalation Surface — Designed In, Not Patched In
Chapter 21: Decision Latency as a First-Class Organizational Metric
Part V — The Operating Model
Chapter 22: The Operating Cadence in a Hybrid Org
Chapter 23: How Work Flows
Chapter 24: Feedback Loops
Chapter 25: How AI Initiatives Are Embedded, Not Launched
Chapter 26: Governing the Governance Function
Part VI — The Economics of Hybrid Execution
Chapter 27: The Unit Economics Shift
Chapter 28: Automation ROI as a Design Input
Chapter 29: Where Investment Concentrates
Chapter 30: The Scaling Curve
Chapter 31: Making the Case to Leadership
Part VII — Leadership Alignment
Chapter 32: What the COO Needs to Understand About Execution Ownership
Chapter 33: What the CPO Needs to Understand About Product Teams in Hybrid Systems
Chapter 34: What the CEO Needs to Understand About Organization Design at This Layer
Chapter 35: The CTO as Translator, Not Just Builder
Part VIII — The Model Under Pressure
Chapter 37: When Executive Alignment Is Partial
Chapter 38: When the Organization Is Not Ready for Full Adoption
Chapter 39: When Conflicting Incentives Pressure the Model
Chapter 40: When Time Pressure Forces Compromise
Chapter 41: When the Organization Changes Shape
Closing
The Closing Frame — The Organization as an Ongoing Design Decision
Appendices
Appendix A - The Two Maps: A Working Diagnostic Tool
Appendix B - Centralize vs. Distribute: Positioning Audit
Appendix C - Boundary Protocol Templates
Appendix D - Authority Decision Templates
Appendix E - Permanent Human-Judgment Boundary Policy Template
Appendix F - Decision Latency Register
Appendix G - Operating Cadence Templates
Appendix H - Executor SLA Mapping Templates
Appendix I - One Initiative, All Surfaces: A Threaded Example
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