We work like a professional sports team. Few seats, a high bar. People with non-linear paths, chosen for judgement and temperament rather than sector expertise, who ask of their colleagues what they ask of themselves first.
Some colleagues carry the title Sparring Partner: we train together, raise each other's level, and do not let the other settle. Commitments that carry risk go through stage gates, binary criteria decided collegially, with an immediate exit when one is missed. Decisions are written down, traceable and binding. The house writes a lot, and well.