Sublime

Whether they realize it or not, this approach is driven by a leader’s fear: fear that employees might not be able to handle difficult news; fear that the leader’s legitimacy might be questioned if he doesn’t call the shots; and fear that he might look like a fool if he discusses a problem before he has fully figured out a solution. Zobrist’s abilit

Having an LVT aligned around outcomes and an organization aligned around functions is a misalignment of people to desired outcomes.

In practice, to avoid information getting distorted or lost as it spreads from one person to another, self-managing organizations use their intranet as a central repository where everybody can publish and retrieve information in real time.

Introducing a state of Aporia, or deliberate puzzlement, allows us to present seemingly contradictory and competing understandings as valid and useful pieces of the bigger picture.” – Dave Snowden

You can’t plan away uncertainty; you need to experiment it away.