The Efficient Ineffectiveness of Control
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“When we don’t give our people the space and freedom to take calculated risks, learn, apply, and iterate, we are risk our future. While there is a risk to improvising and spontaneity, there is a greater, more insidious risk to control.” When I wrote a version of this in a recent Harvard Business Review post, it prompted a great deal of discussion. As humans, and business people (e.g., managers), we naively think we can control things, so we try to control things." Continue reading....
