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We can hunt outsiders — why can't we find the attacker inside?

You and your team can hunt now. You spot the competitor before it strikes. You catch the bad customer, the market shift, the outside risk. That skill is real, and it is not the problem. The attacker already inside is different. It is not hiding better. You are not looking. It wears a face you know — a teammate, a habit your team protects, maybe your own mistake. Naming it costs comfort. Naming an outside enemy costs nothing. This is not a skill you lack. You already know how to look for danger. Choose to turn that same attention inward, together, and say what you see.

◆ How this problem reads on the two dials
GuidanceKnowledge
More coaching
A little to learn
1:1 with AureliusWith others (a Pod)
Some one-to-one
Practise with peers
The insight is simple once named; the hard work is the shared act of naming it, so this leans toward guided practice over teaching.
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What’s really going on

The enemy outside has no face at your table. The one inside does — a teammate's, maybe your own. You already have the skill to find it. What you lack is the will to look, because looking means naming someone you sit beside every day. Choose to look anyway.

🔒 What you’ll build togetherUnlock by starting
A moveWrite down three things going wrong on your team that no one has said out loud.
A moveBring that list to your next meeting and read one item aloud before anyone raises an outside threat.
A moveGive one person, this week, the job of naming what's broken inside — not outside.
A moveWhen someone names an internal fault, thank them out loud before you explain or defend yourself.
A moveSet a fixed time each week where the only subject allowed is what's wrong inside your own team.
PractiseName the Attacker · a Pod of 4 · 30 min

What changes unlock by starting

  • Your team names problems it used to only whisper about.
  • Meetings stop performing agreement and start finding real faults.
  • You catch small internal failures before they grow large.
  • Your team trusts each other more, because it stops pretending.

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