Values Aren't Chains; They Are Wings
For values or guiding principles to be truly effective they have to be verbs. It’s not “integrity,” it’s “always do the right thing.” It’s not “innovation,” it’s “look at the problem from a different angle.” Articulating our values as verbs gives us a clear idea . . . we have a clear idea of how to act in any situation.
Simon Sinek • Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Experimentation over safety
Intuition over process
Compasses over maps
Systems over objects
Emergence over authority
Resilience over force
Diversity over uniformity
Practice over theory
Pull over push
Values — like policies, plans, and goals — are heuristics to help us avoid an infinite calculation each time we want to act. Instead of calculating in each conversation, at each moment, what to reveal and what to conceal, a person adopts the general value of being honest, by default. So, values are a form of knowledge about what works in general,... See more