Commandos, Infantry, and Police: Matching Your Team to Your Stage
A lot of "wrong person in the wrong seat" problems aren't about talent but timing. Robert X. Cringely's model splits the people who build companies into three types: commandos, infantry, and police, and the trick is knowing which type a given job needs. Not sure which stage your team is actually in? Run the Team Stage Self-Assessment first. The Three Types Commandos go in first. They move fast, improvise, and establish a beachhead before anyone notices, often with a low level of process, which is fine, because process is expensive and there's no time for it yet. Infantry come next,
