Executive misalignment creates organizational chaos

One of the biggest issues I see in organizations is when executives all have different goals, and they're not aligned on the same goals for the company. So it's like, sales teams over here are like, no, our goal is new logos. And you're like, cool, but in what markets, and how is that prioritized against what we're building from our product roadmap, and why is this not in sync?

If your entire company's confused, you might be the asshole. You have to think about, how can I get more clear? If people are constantly bringing you little things, it's not because they're scared, it's because you're scary.

If your executives and your board are telling you, I don't really know what's going on in tech or product. I have no idea if we're achieving our goals. If your executives don't know what you're doing, that's a big problem. So that's usually the sign, to me, that we need that.

The senior executives have to do this. The senior executives know pretty much everything you need to know to do this, but they disagree about the importance of different things. And more importantly, they occupy positions of power that, if we go this way, this is going to be hurt.