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⚙️ Install in your AI: ceo-coo-playbook-2.md

Note: this playbook is written to the COO, but it runs for any senior hire whose job is to absorb operator load. CEOs: read it too. Half the steps are yours.

🔴 Job Statement

This playbook turns a new COO into the instrument of the CEO's Operator to Architect shift. In 90 days the COO holds the operator load, makes Type 2 decisions alone, and the CEO's calendar proves the shift happened. Not "trust built." Calendar changed.

🔴 Trigger

You just hired a COO, Chief of Staff, or integrator. Or you hired one months ago and they're still routing every decision through the CEO. Either way: the ramp starts now, and it runs on evidence, not vibes.

🔴 Framework Anchor

Architect Mode. The COO exists so the CEO can stop operating. Every step below is measured against one question: did this move the CEO toward Architect work?
The Freedom Matrix. The ramp itself. Every task family starts in Shadow and earns its way to Free through Day 7 / 30 / 60 / 90 checkpoints. Autonomy is earned per task, never granted by resume.
One Hill Doctrine. The COO's prioritization filter. One active Hill. Everything that doesn't advance it gets scheduled, delegated, or declined.

🟢 The Play

Step 1: Set the terms before Day 1
Step 2: Run the ramp through the Freedom Matrix, not the resume
Step 3: Install the Decision Authority Matrix
Step 4: Filter everything through One Hill
Step 5: Take the operator load so the CEO can hold the Architect seat
Step 6: Run the cadence