The frameworks hang on four load-bearing pieces — cost, scorecard, method, payoff. Everything else serves one of them.
The Frameworks · one per chapter
The Coordination Tax Figure 1 · Ch 1The People Paradox Loop Figure 2 · Ch 2The Second Moat Figure 3 · Ch 3The Verification Tax Figure 4 · Ch 4The Three-Layer Platform Figure 5 · Ch 5The $1M-Per-Head Firm Figure 6 · Ch 6Firm Intelligence: The Expanding Bubble Figure 7 · Ch 7The AI Maturity Index Figure 8 · Ch 8The 90-Day Operating Model Figure 9 · Ch 9The Permission Ladder Figure 10 · Ch 10The Four Forces of Inertia Figure 11 · Ch 11The Last Twenty Percent Figure 12 · Ch 12The Compounding Loop Figure 13 · Ch 13The Gap Widens Figure 14 · Ch 13The Architecture at a Glance Capstone · Back matter
Supporting Visuals
Two Costs, One Root Spot · Ch 2The Three Taxes Spot · Ch 5The Librarian Spot · Ch 7The Tire Principle Spot · Ch 8Prompt → Context → Intent Spot · Ch 10The Four Forms of Firm Data Spot · Appendix BThe Rule of Three Spot · Ch 13The Anvil and the Hammer Spot · Ch 13Deal Fever Spot · Principle 6Sunday CEO vs Wednesday CEO Spot · Principle 1