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Chapter one-pager template

Start every chapter from this template. Do not expand into a full chapter until the one-pager passes review — it is the first gate in the 80% of the 10/10/80 workflow.

Start every chapter from this template. Do not expand into a full chapter until the one-pager passes review — it is the first gate in the 80% of the 10/10/80 workflow.

# Chapter N · Title

Status: one-pager | drafting | complete | frozen

## Claim (one sentence)
The chapter's single thesis. Must follow from the book's core claim.

## Counter-intuitive hook
What does the reader currently believe? Which part of that belief does this chapter break?

## Whiteboard framework
One diagram or table the reader can reproduce.

## External comparison
Winner side · Loser side · Source quality · Missing side (if any)

## Monday-morning actions
Three to five actions for the accountable leader.

## Open questions
What evidence is still missing? What would falsify this chapter?

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