The book

The 8 Hats

Saying No to Everyone So Everyone Succeeds

By Andrew Trawick. Jaadss Publishing.

Cover of The 8 Hats: Saying No to Everyone So Everyone Succeeds, by Andrew Trawick

In production

The manuscript is complete and in final editing. Print and ebook come first, followed by an audiobook read by the author. The framework is introduced on this site. The book shows how to put it to work.

Part I

What the eight functions are, how to measure each one, and your role as the leader who holds them in balance.

  1. 1Heavy is the Head
  2. 2Universal
  3. 3The Wheel
  4. 4Measure
  5. 5Signpost
  6. 6Integrator
  7. 7Rhythm
Part II

One chapter per function: what it covers, its Key Metric, how it gets gamed, and what green, yellow, and red look like.

  1. 8Finance
  2. 9Fulfillment
  3. 10HR
  4. 11Legal
  5. 12Marketing
  6. 13R&D
  7. 14Sales
  8. 15Technology
Part III

How the framework fits your sector, how to find what is really broken, how to fix it, and how to start next week.

  1. 16Same Eight, Different Cars
  2. 17Tilt
  3. 18Rebalancing
  4. 19Exception
  5. 20Monday