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To prevent this from happening, group tasks into functions and assign each function to one—and only one—person. These are your areas of responsibility. Apple pioneered AORs in Silicon Valley, but now most successful tech companies use this method. Create a document that lists all of the company’s functions and, for each, the directly responsible

executing and sharing ideas faster and better than anyone else, in their own unique style and with their own unique personality.

As CEO, you are both the architect of the culture and the central hub in the wheel of information flow that enables the team to function effectively. Your example inspires your team, and your efficiency determines the efficiency of the team. Therefore, the first thing to optimize is yourself.

Shifting our view from thinking in terms of tasks to thinking in terms of systems opens the door to reimagining how we structure work, workflows, and organizations, not around human substitution, but around new capabilities,