Kate Cox

Like that's a lot to do every week unless you have some goals.

And so one of my goals at the very beginning was to impose some structure on the show to try to learn something over time to make the show –

make a promise to you, the listeners, and deliver on that promise every week.

So it's not just a forever project about what's ever in the news.

And so that's where they came from.

Because I figured I could ask every CEO how their company was structured and how they make decisions, and they would have to answer.

It's not a gotcha question.

The fascinating thing is it turns out to be a gotcha question.

I think Kate and Nick, we all have this experience every now and again.

Someone is just not prepared for the decoder questions.

They cannot tell us how they make decisions.

Most interestingly of all, they avoid telling us how their company is structured because it turns out that's a very political answer.

We could add more to it.

I think there's a lot to get from the decoder questions.

There's a decoder book that's going to come out, that deal is signed.

I'm not going to reveal too much about it, but it's based on those questions.

And the number one thing I would say is it might be interesting for you as the person who's hiring or the boss to ask the people who work for you or might want to work for you the decoder questions, how they make decisions.

It is vastly more revealing to go ask your boss.

And if your boss can't answer how they make decisions, you should run.

You should start applying for a new job.