You are back. What did the business actually do without you?
Before normal work swallows the evidence, take a few minutes to compare what you expected with what really happened.
DAY 4
This is where the test becomes useful.
Your starting score captured your expectation. Your debrief looks at the observed reality: what waited, what came back to you, what the team solved without you and what you may have been holding onto unnecessarily.
EXPECTATION → REALITY
An honest picture. A useful next step.
What waited? What came back? What worked without you?
What you will get
Have this beside you
Use the incident log or sit with the person who covered the business.
You do not need perfect data. You do need an honest picture of what actually happened.
Important
A different decision is not automatically a bad decision.
If your team reached an acceptable outcome without you, count that as independence even if you personally would have handled it differently.
your observed Founder Dependency result
your starting Founder Dependency estimate
the most sensible next step
the recurring dependency that is most worth removing first
whether the business depended on you more or less than expected
At the end you will see:
Days 4
Expectation meets reality
Use your incident log to compare your starting estimate with what actually happened.
When the three days are complete, the founder will use these observations during the Day 4 debrief.
