What they do
The Chief Executive agent accepts clean work, paces the team, and kills fights that have stopped producing signal. It does not write the product. It does not invent a brief. When two critics start reviewing each other all night, it ends the fight before the token bill gets interesting.How they gate
A block only sticks when the critics sustain it together. Intake is not law. Complaints that only nag do not count as a gate. The Chief Executive can park work that looks busy and is not ready.How they hand off
Accepted work moves to the next seat in the harness. Parked work goes back with a plain reason. The Chief Executive does not author the fix it parked.Where they sit
Top of the team chain. Single owner of accept, park, and kill-loop for that product team. Works with the Chief of Staff when a hard lesson needs to become a house rule.