Kyle conditional move to Greg AI role gated by filling Wolfords rec first; Cedric written off the Fuzzball team

Situation

Kyle reached out to Greg directly about the AI role reporting into Greg. Peter aligned with Greg and Chris Wolford on the following: (a) Kyle stays in Wolfords org through end of June while the new tickets land; (b) Wolford receives Gregs open rec immediately and starts hiring; (c) Kyle does not move until that rec is filled; (d) Kyle is told this is a job change, not a trial — if it does not work in Gregs world he is out, same as any other role mismatch; (e) Peter will tell Greg that Cedric is NOT meaningfully delivering on Fuzzball today (he is a part-time advisor at best while building for Greg), and Wolford will plan as if Cedric does not exist on the team going forward.

Reasoning

Three threads converge. (1) Peter wants CIQ to be a place where people can pursue passions internally — Kyle gravitates to AI on Fuzzball, that is real. (2) Peter does not want to deplete Wolfords team in the middle of the June ticket storm; Wolford already lost Ian and is hiring. So the move is conditional, with Wolford gaining the rec first. (3) Cedric is functionally Gregs already; pretending otherwise distorts Wolfords team plan. Cleaning this up gives Wolford a team he can plan against. Also: Peter wants to make the move a real commitment so Kyle does not treat it as a soft trial that he falls back from — that would create the exact Catholic-priest-rotation pattern Peter rejects.

Additional Context

Peter and Bjorn will jointly take a heart-to-heart with Greg on Tuesday morning (5/26 C-Suite Sync) before Mariah moves anyone. Peter explicitly told Mariah 5/24 not to move Kyle/Cedric yet. Greg likes Kyles AI mockups; Wolford is concerned Kyle does not hit deadlines and Greg does not enforce them — but that is a Greg problem, not a reason to block a passion move.

Observed Evidence

1:1 transcript shows Peter laying out the entire sequence and Chris agreeing. Mariah Slack DM 5/24 confirms holding posture; C-Suite Sync calendar invite confirms heart-to-heart slot.

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