SOP discipline for teams that are growing fast

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Growing teams inherit tribal knowledge. That knowledge works until someone leaves, a volume spike arrives, or a new office tries to copy the Lagos rhythm without the same unwritten rules.

Good SOPs are short, current, and tied to a named owner. They show the happy path and the approved exceptions. They avoid jargon that only the author understands.

Review cadence matters as much as the first draft. A quarterly pass with the people who run the process beats an annual rewrite by a committee that no longer touches the work.

If you need a starting point, pick one revenue-critical or cash-critical flow and document it end to end. Then expand. Coverage without clarity is just more paper.