Gallovanization

The act of grounding an over-ambitious plan in reality through blunt, people-first leadership—cutting scope, clarifying ownership, and forcing alignment until something actually ships without blowing up the org.

We walked into the meeting with a 40-slide “transformational AI platform” pitch, and Andrew turned it into pure Gallovanization—three bullets, one owner, and something we could actually deliver this quarter while maintaining reasonable work-life balance.