Mental Frameworks
Mental Frameworks
The frameworks that organize how a captain thinks. The conceptual layer of MaxShip — slow-changing, high-leverage. Find the framework that sharpens how you operate, then apply it through the rest of the flywheel.
Start here
- Foundation
The Captain's Flywheel
The umbrella framework. Command writes the brief, Compute executes, Cadence closes the loop.
- Doctrine
Command · The shared brain
The theory of your business, written down well enough that an AI can render its shadow.
- Doctrine
Cadence · The feedback loop
The required rhythm that makes Command and Compute compound.
All mental frameworks
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The Captain's Flywheel · Three layers, one motion
The umbrella mental system. Command writes the brief, Compute executes, Cadence closes the loop. The operating model behind every business shipped via MaxShip.
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Command · The shared brain
Command is the shared brain you maintain with your AI. Not a knowledge dump — the theory of your business, articulated well enough that an AI can render its shadow without losing the thread.
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Compute · The muscle
Compute is the muscle. Always-on workers, scheduled jobs, AI agents, deployed services. The crew working under the captain's command.
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Cadence · The feedback loop
The required feedback loop that makes things better. Match the rhythm to the work. Skip it and the flywheel never spins.
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Strategic Planning · The captain's slow-cadence job
Strategy is a Mental Framework paired explicitly with a Cadence. The framework lives in your Command Kit; the ritual lives at quarterly + yearly cadence. One without the other is the failure mode most operators fall into.