Codex has transformed how I run my companies.
I have almost 40 businesses, and trying to keep them all in my brain can be insane.
I own:
Software companies Restaurants Newspapers Social networks A coffee maker company
Each one has totally different context, business model, and sorts of people.
For two decades, I struggled to keep my arms around it.
I couldn't keep it all in my head. I hated holding people to account. Details slipped through the cracks. And worst of all - the emotional labour became exhausting.
Now, each company or project is just a Codex thread with a heartbeat.
Every few days, the heartbeat activates. It reads all the latest context around the project and suggests next steps, then uses the multiple choice question tool to quickly get any information it needs to keep things moving out of my head.
It's made running a large, complex org downright delightful. Even the emotional labour:
"How would a good boss write this?"
"Write an email that will be psychologically compelling that will make someone who works in the accounting department understand why this project is important"
For years, I used to read management books, whipping myself.
It turns out I just have ADHD (diagnosed last year - thank god).
And now my ADHD brain is free to play, while the robot army keeps my teams on track.