MASTER Risk Model - Learning Resources - Situation

Operations

Ask: “What’s one founder task I do that could be handled faster or differently?”

Invite a peer to walk through your current workflow—where do they hesitate or get lost?

Share a recent process with a peer and ask: “Where would you streamline if this were yours?”

Run a quick poll: which system or tool wastes the most time in your view?

Invite a junior peer to shadow your admin tasks—what fresh insights do they bring?

Ask cross-functional peers where you create bottlenecks unintentionally.

Decision-making

Ask a mentor: “What’s one decision you think I made well this month, and why?”

Review one past decision with your team—what did you learn, and would you choose differently?

Present a tough decision to an outsider—what do they see that you may have missed?

Ask feedback on your framing: “Did I explain tradeoffs clearly when I asked for input?”

Ask your team: “Where do we get stuck in decision cycles—and what’s really causing it?”

Share one recent choice in a retro—what helped or hindered alignment?

Structure

Ask a collaborator: “What part of my role do you count on most—and is it clear to you?”

Ask a collaborator: “Which responsibilities feel ambiguous or overlapping in your role?”

Share your team structure with a mentor and ask: “Where might confusion appear?”

Ask a newcomer to explain your org setup—do they understand roles correctly?

Gather feedback on how accountability flows in your team—what needs change?

Share your role scope with a mentor—ask if it matches their view of expectations.

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