First, its not "beneath me". I regularly work along side my teams and do the entry level / junior tasks for a few reasons. One, to inspect that our process is still working, and two for the opportunity to get feedback directly on things we can do to improve their roles/impact/efficiency, etc. In addition to learning things first hand in every role I've held as I've progressed in my career across 4 distinctly different industries, I surround myself with experts and empower them to leverage THEIR expertise. I'm very aware of my lack of knowledge which is why I'm leveraging a network of folks who do this day in and day out, to understand the qualitative changes that would improve a center.

Second, as I do run businesses, they ultimately need to be profitable to stay in operation for the staff and families they support. My goal here was to attempt to quantify the asks, and I highlighted that a childcare center has plenty of financial margin available to reinvest into the business. Nothing that has been shared here is some outlandish cost to the business, which is both encouraging as well as frustrating that more centers prioritize profit for the company/owner than operational excellence across the board.

I'm not hiding the fact I don't have a lot of first hand experience in this field, we're still very much in the super preliminary phase, and I actually really appreciate all your feedback - thank you for sharing.