CEO: Burn discipline

How this week's call applies to CEO decisions about burn discipline.

This week's bounded call

• • Posture: Keep discretionary spend gated by measurable short-cycle payback.
• • Do now: Gate discretionary spend by measurable short-cycle payback proof.
• • Pause if: Pause discretionary burn expansion if funding pressure rises above 76.
• • Re-open when: Resume controlled burn expansion when funding pressure falls below 66 and budget payback proof is intact.

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