The mechanism sounds minor: change “request permission to do X” to “I intend to do X.” The person receiving the communication can still stop it — nothing prevents a senior officer from saying no. The…
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Where Power Actually Sits
There is the authority an organisation chart describes, and there is the authority that actually operates. They overlap, but never completely, and the space between them is where a surprising amount of institutional life happens…
The Team That Works
Most explanations of why a team isn’t working point at the visible problems. People aren’t aligned. They’re not motivated. They’re not delivering. The instinct is to address the thing you can see — to push…
Move Authority to the Information
There is a standard model for how authority and information are supposed to interact in an organisation. The people at the top have the authority to make decisions. The people at the bottom have the…