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## Segment 2 — tail2

## Article 122 — a122

# BJ Wright

**Profile.** Leadership advisor at [[entity-ghsmart-d122]] (principal/partner), working on executive transitions and private-equity value creation. Co-author of "Leading After the Founder" (HBR, January 2026).

**Role in this source.** Co-author. Contributions are collective; the source does not attribute ideas to individual authors.

**Attributed contributions (collective).** Shares authorship of the authority-vs-title argument in [[claim-title-does-not-confer-authority]] and [[contrarian-title-authority]], the loyalist-engagement practice in [[action-identify-founder-loyalists]], the contrarian retention case in [[contrarian-no-transition-option]], and the low-ego selection insight in [[contrarian-low-ego-beats-pedigree]].