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"So they gave you a team. Now what?" Chapter 3: Forget AI for a second. This is how I actually fixed team bandwidth. I know most of you are exploring how AI can automate work in your teams. But I want to talk about something more conventional. Something I call the "Fibonacci Bandwidth Framework." Honestly speaking, it was born out of frustration, not brilliance. I was tired of seeing the same cycle repeat. A few main resources doing the heavy lifting, others trying to catch up, projects depending on individuals instead of systems. And when one person took a break, everything slowed down. So I started thinking and researching about patterns. How nature grows without collapsing. That’s when I landed on the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8... Every layer builds on the previous one. Each element supports what comes next. Here’s how the Fibonacci Bandwidth Framework plays out in real life: Let’s say your team has nine people, including you. 1 → Ownership: One person owns a critical process end to end. Full accountability. 1 → Shadow: One person shadows that owner. Learns, observes, and can take over if needed. 2 → Overlaps: Two others understand the process enough to step in temporarily or support during crunch time. 3 → Intersections: Three touchpoints where this process connects with other functions like product, ops, and client success. That way, context never gets locked in silos. 5 → Growth roles: Five members including the shadow and overlaps who gradually evolve with the system. As the startup scales, they become the next set of owners. 8 → Continuity loop: When all eight around you understand how work flows, the system becomes self-sustaining. You, the ninth, can finally step back and focus on direction and strategy, not damage control. After implementing this, I stopped managing bandwidth like a spreadsheet and started managing it like a pattern because I understood that real scalability isn’t about squeezing more from fewer people.