Published: May 11, 2026 at 4:06 pm
There’s a version of this job that looks, from the outside, like a calendar full of important meetings and sharp decisions made with total clarity. The reality is something messier and more interesting than that.
Every week looks different – investor conversations one week, deep in hiring the next, then pulled back into product or working through a growth question that’s been sitting unresolved for longer than it should have been – and any sense of routine feels almost illusory.
And yet there is one fixed point every Tuesday. Without exception, my day starts with the C-suite and then opens out to the whole company. That rhythm matters more than it might sound. When everything else is in constant motion, having a moment in the week that everyone can orient around isn’t just useful – it’s necessary.