I still walk the factory floor. On purpose.

Founder-voice leadership carousel. Angle: I still walk the factory floor. The day a founder stops touching the work, momentum dies.

Slide 1 - COVER_PHOTO

HEADLINE: I still walk the factory floor. On purpose. SUBHEAD: The day a founder stops touching the work, momentum dies. EMPHASIS: On purpose. PHOTO: whisky-barrels-hoodie-operator

Slide 2 - BODY

SECTION_LABEL: The trap. BODY: Most founders hire layers of managers to feel big. They stop touching the product. They lead from a slide deck. Then they wonder why it slows down. EMPHASIS: to feel big.

Slide 3 - BODY

SECTION_LABEL: My way. BODY: I do the opposite. I stay close to the product, the numbers, and the floor. I want to feel the thing before a customer does. EMPHASIS: stay close

Slide 4 - BODY

SECTION_LABEL: Why it works. BODY: When you are in it, you catch the small cracks early. You spot the slow drift. You fix it before it costs you a month. EMPHASIS: the small cracks early.

Slide 5 - BODY

SECTION_LABEL: The line. BODY: Big is not layers of people between you and the work. Big is a system you built and still understand. Stay in it. EMPHASIS: still understand.

Slide 6 - CTA

BODY: When did you last touch the actual work? Not the report on it. The work. Go do that this week. EMPHASIS: touch the actual work?