On replacing the CEO

The main idea: replace the CEO and C-suite with a triumvirate of Executives

0. Posts on this blog are ranked in decreasing order of likeability to myself. This entry was originally posted on 01.09.2025, and the current version may have been updated several times from its original form. 


1.1 Yet more fruit born of Gohlke's Practical Democracy: replace the CEO with a triumvirate.

1.2 Coalesce all CEO-1 roles into just three Executives amalgamated such as to be roughly equivalent in complexity. As an example, have a Chief Operating Officer in charge of production, a Chief Revenue Officer overseeing sales, and a Chief Corporate Officer overseeing finance, IT and such. Vary by context. 

1.3 The decisions taken by the CEO are allocated to each individual Co-CEO as remit requires (most decision are here), retained to be discussed and voted upon jointly (a minority of decisions are here), or kicked up to the Board (a very few are here).

1.3 Note how we've now created a Management Board of sorts, which can be reinforced by four Non-Executive Directors for a full Board.

1.4 Yes, politics and backstabbing would abound, but don't they even now at the CEO-1 level? Would be surprised to see the setup be lower risk and potentially lower cost compared to a traditional CEO + many CEO-1 roles setup.

1.5 Unity of command and vision is not too badly shaken by splitting a guy into three, only two of whom need to agree. Some tail risk is mitigated.

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