Book Schedule

Published w/e July 17th

  • Before we begin
  • Preface
  • Opening: what was working, and why did it stop

Ready to publish w/e July 31st

  • Chapter 1: The operating model that disappoints
  • Chapter 2: What we actually design, and what we don't

In progress — editorial pass needed

  • Chapter 3: The one difference that changes everything
  • Chapter 4: The inversion
  • Chapter 5: What fabric is
  • Chapter 6: Three fabrics
  • Chapter 7: The cascade
  • Chapter 8: How you know
  • Chapter 9: Fabric before structure
  • Chapter 10: The leader's real job
  • Chapter 11: Leadership is not a rank
  • Chapter 12: Building on what others have seen
  • Chapter 13: The Leadership Operating Model
  • Chapter 14: Signals and self-tending
  • Chapter 15: The gap nobody occupies
  • Chapter 16: What the practice requires
  • Chapter 17: Designing the three fabrics
  • Chapter 18: Working with leaders
  • Chapter 19: Knowing when it's working
  • Closing: An invitation
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