Welcome to episode six of the Leadership, Rewritten podcast. What you’re about to hear is an AI-generated narration of the full text of Chapter Six: Designing for Development.

This chapter is longer and more detailed than the Substack essays you may already have read. It tells the full story of Maya’s turning point: how she discovered that leadership development doesn’t need to be bolted onto the side of work — it can be embedded inside the work itself.

You’ll hear about:

* The napkin moment that gave rise to the Praxis Q quadrants.

* Maya’s creation of Self-in-Role-in-System briefs — developmental job descriptions that act as mirrors rather than blueprints.

* The four developmental arcs of Jo, Anil, Priya, and Kieran, each stretching into a different Praxis Q quadrant.

* The emergence of the Praxis Q Growth Cycle — one quadrant, one stretch posture, one deliverable, one ripple.

Please note: this is an AI-generated podcast, created directly from the full written chapter. It’s an experiment in making the complete text more accessible in audio form, and the tone is different from a live conversation.

If you’d prefer something more human and dialogic, stay tuned: in the next two weeks I’ll be releasing the first non-AI podcast — an interview with Becky Andree, exploring the practice of High-Quality Connections and how they shape developmental leadership.

For now, settle in. This chapter is where Maya begins to build a team designed not just for delivery, but for development.Sorry for the day’s delay. Lots of technical chalalnges getting this converted and processed to somethign Substack would work with. Hope you enjoy it.

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