Wile E. Coyote Leadership Exercise Pack

Wile E. Coyote Leadership Exercise Pack

A set of activities for teams to internalize the seven traits of the framework.

🎯 Purpose Fixation Exercises

🔍 North Star Compression

Rewrite a current project goal until it fits into a single, precise sentence.

📋 Alignment Mapping

List your top ten weekly tasks and map each to your North Star. Tasks without alignment become candidates for redesign or removal.

🔄 Iterative Mastery Exercises

📊 Failure‑as‑Data Debrief

Document:

• What was attempted
• What happened
• What the data suggests
• What the next iteration should be

🔄 Rapid Re‑Prototype

Redesign the original approach in five minutes using only the extracted learnings.

⚙️ Systems Orchestration Exercises

🗂️ Workflow Decomposition

Diagram a process using inputs, dependencies, and outputs.

🔍 Bottleneck Hunt

Swap diagrams and identify single points of failure, unmonitored steps, and over‑coupled components.

💡 Constraint Creativity Exercises

📦 Constraint Box Challenge

Solve a problem using only three randomly selected constraints.

🛠️ ACME Product Simulation

Design a solution assuming one critical tool is unreliable.

🛡️ Resilient Neutrality Exercises

🧘 Emotional Reset Drill

Identify a personal trigger and write a reset script including a grounding phrase, a neutral observation, and a next action.

🎭 Non‑Escalation Scenarios

Role‑play tense situations and practice responding without blame or escalation.

📝 Accountability Loop Exercises

🔙 Decision Traceback

Document a recent decision with assumptions, risks, outcomes, and learnings.

📢 Public Learning Share

Share one learning from the traceback with the group.

⚖️ Ethical Persistence Exercises

🚧 Boundary Definition

Define one ethical boundary you will not cross.

🧪 Pressure Simulation

Practice holding that boundary in a scenario where it is tested.

🔗 Integration Exercises

📄 Leadership Operating Model

Combine outputs from all exercises into a one‑page personal operating model.

📅 Seven‑Day Application Plan

Choose one behavior to apply for the next seven days and define the trigger, action, and expected impact.