Struppelhoff: Leaders Should Never Own Over Three Quarterly Projects
Matt Struppelhoff · AI Can Write Code, But It Can't Do Architecture · Apr 22, 2025 · at 28:43
Matt Struppelhoff, CEO of Red Hawk Technologies, discusses operational discipline and the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) with host Sean Weisbrot.
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“You look at the way they handle quarterly rocks. You can't have more. You should never have more than three special projects per quarter.”
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