929 (Tanakh)
Deuteronomy 27 · Startup voice, On-ramp
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Hook
Founders love the myth of the "lone genius" CEO—the visionary who single-handedly steers the ship, sets the culture, and drives the strategy. We pride ourselves on our "founder-led" agility. But Deuteronomy 27 exposes a dangerous flaw in this ego-driven model: the "key-person risk" that inevitably leads to institutional rot.
Moses, the ultimate founder, doesn’t just issue a memo; he explicitly recruits the elders to repeat his instructions. As the Or HaChaim notes, Moses bypassed the usual protocol of letting elders speak in their own voice, insisting they echo the core command because "there is no wisdom, insight, or counsel which prevails against G’d" when the integrity of the mission is at stake.
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