Speed's a team sport

Fighter pilots in dogfights can't waste time. They watch, think, choose, act. Then do it again. Faster than their opponent.

This loop works surprisingly well for running teams too.

Watch everything. Your dashboards. Your meetings. Your team's frustrations. Miss the small signs, and you'll miss the big problems.

Think hard about what you're seeing. Get the facts – real data, not just hunches. Talk to the people doing the work. Figure out who else needs to know.

Make the call. Small decisions stay within teams. Big ones need sign-off. Write it down – you'll want to remember why you chose this path.

Do the thing. Tell everyone what happened. Show them what worked and what didn't.

That's it. Watch. Think. Choose. Act. Repeat.

In our team, it looks like this:

Every two weeks, fifteen 15-minute meetings. Back-to-back. Project leads write their updates 24 hours before. We review before we meet. We start on time. We end on time. If there's nothing to discuss, we cancel. (There's always something to discuss.)

It works because:

• Teams solve most problems themselves
• Big issues reach me before they explode
• Everyone knows what's happening
• We move fast
• We keep records

No frameworks. No buzzwords. Just clear decisions and quick action.

Try it. Drop the corporate playbook. Trust your team. Move fast. Write it down.

That's all.