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Interpersonal Dynamics October 2026 • Volume XIV

The Friction Matrix: Managing Cognitive Dissonance Between Founders and Growth CEOs

Founder-operator transitions routinely stall when visionary intuition confronts procedural compliance. An empirical framework for bilateral leadership handoffs.

Core16 Psychometrics Institute
1 min read • Oct 06, 2026 • Peer Reviewed
The Friction Matrix: Managing Cognitive Dissonance Between Founders and Growth CEOs

Navigating the Series B-to-IPO Handoff

When high-growth companies introduce professional operating CEOs alongside original visionary founders, structural role ambiguity often creates organizational hesitation.

The Friction Matrix maps the cognitive governance handover, delineating product boundary authority from operational cadence management to ensure unbroken growth velocity.

Author & Faculty Lead

Senior Researcher at Core16 Psychometrics Institute specializing in continuous cognitive variance, executive decision stress, and multi-vector organizational architectures.

Citation: Core16 Journal of Applied Psychometrics, Vol. XIV, 2026
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