The Builder's Workbook
Travis L. Guckert
LeMay Publishing
EDUCATION
The Builder's Workbook
Workbook11,094 words77 chapters
Published by LeMay Publishing. 11,094 words across 77 chapters.
About This Publication
A practical workbook of exercises in institutional thinking, systems design, and first-principles construction.
Published by LeMay Publishing, a division of LeMay. Massachusetts.
ISBN: 979-8-0000-5160-3
Chapters
1THE BUILDER'S WORKBOOK
2Exercises in Institutional Thinking, Systems Design, and First-Principles Construction
3For the Builder Who Begins
4TABLE OF CONTENTS
5PREFACE: ON THE NATURE OF THIS WORK
6PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS
7CHAPTER 1
8The Builder's Disposition
9The Three Capacities
10EXERCISE 1.1: Structural Perception Inventory
11EXERCISE 1.2: The Dissatisfaction Audit
12EXERCISE 1.3: The Commitment Test
13CHAPTER 2
14First Principles as Method
15The Decomposition Protocol
16EXERCISE 2.1: Problem Decomposition
17EXERCISE 2.2: Assumption Excavation
18EXERCISE 2.3: The Blank Slate
19CHAPTER 3
20The Architecture of a Problem
21The Components of Problem Architecture
22EXERCISE 3.1: Problem Mapping
23EXERCISE 3.2: Boundary Drawing
24EXERCISE 3.3: The Incentive Redesign
25PART TWO: INSTITUTIONAL THINKING
26CHAPTER 4
27What an Institution Is — and Is Not
28What an Institution Is Not
29EXERCISE 4.1: The Institutional Audit
30EXERCISE 4.2: The Purpose Statement
31EXERCISE 4.3: The Dependency Test
32CHAPTER 5
33Designing for Endurance
34The Principles of Enduring Design
35EXERCISE 5.1: The Invariant/Variable Sort
36EXERCISE 5.2: The Succession Design
37EXERCISE 5.3: The Stress Test
38CHAPTER 6
39The Exercise of Authority and Delegation
40The Architecture of Delegation
41EXERCISE 6.1: The Authority Map
42EXERCISE 6.2: Delegation Design
43PART THREE: SYSTEMS DESIGN
44CHAPTER 7
45From Intention to Mechanism
46The Components of Mechanism
47EXERCISE 7.1: Mechanism Design
48EXERCISE 7.2: The Intention-Mechanism Audit
49CHAPTER 8
50Feedback, Failure, and Iteration
51The Anatomy of a Feedback Loop
52On Failure
53EXERCISE 8.1: Feedback Loop Diagnosis
54EXERCISE 8.2: The Failure Classification
55EXERCISE 8.3: Designing the Iteration Cycle
56CHAPTER 9
57Scaling Without Collapse
58The Failure Modes of Scale
59EXERCISE 9.1: The Scale Audit
60EXERCISE 9.2: The Modular Redesign
61PART FOUR: CONSTRUCTION
62CHAPTER 10
63The First Day's Work
64The First Day's Decisions
65EXERCISE 10.1: The Founding Document
66EXERCISE 10.2: The 90-Day Construction Plan
67CHAPTER 11
68Building the Team as Architecture
69The Principles of Team Architecture
70EXERCISE 11.1: The Role Architecture
71EXERCISE 11.2: The Culture Draft
72CHAPTER 12
73The Builder's Review — A Capstone Exercise
74THE CAPSTONE
75AFTERWORD: THE LONG WORK
76REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
77ABOUT THE AUTHOR