Delegation Isn't Losing Control

Beyond Product Management · Aug 18, 2026 · 8m

Heather gets honest about the last few weeks of band camp season — and what it actually took to be present for it. Rather than repeating last year's pattern of "present in theory, still doing everything in the background," she delegated research for upcoming blog posts to her kids, Ash and Josh. The work came back great — and that surprised her less than the hesitation she noticed in herself before handing it off.

This episode digs into that hesitation: the quiet, common founder belief that control means doing it yourself. Heather unpacks why that's actually exhaustion wearing control's…