The document discusses the challenges of scaling up an organization while maintaining autonomy at various levels. It advocates giving teams and individuals responsibility and autonomy rather than micromanaging them. It also notes that while autonomy is important, it is not universally desired by all and balancing autonomy with coordination is delicate. The document concludes by stating the goal of leaving an organization with more autonomous people than when one started.

1. THE SCALE-UP, THE AUTONOMY
AND THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE
PAULINE JAMIN
THOMAS PIERRAIN @tpierrain
@jaminpauline

2. AUTONOMY IS ESSENTIAL

3. WHY A START-UP ?

4. A NEVER ENDING STORY

5. SOMETIMES DECISIONS…

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13. #2. JAKE'S TEAM

14. BEHIND THE SCENES

15. #2. IN REALITY

16. #1. IN REALITY

17. TOO NAIVE?

18. TURN THE SHIP AROUND

19. US NAVY: TENDERNESS-BASED MANAGEMENT

20. A LITTLE RISK AFTER ALL…

21. STOP THE LEADER-FOLLOWERS APPROACH

22. DAVID'S LESSONS

23. GIVE RESPONSIBLITY AND MAKE LEADERS

24. FIGHT YOUR INSTINCT TO ALWAYS
WANT TO TAKE CONTROL

25. GIVE GOALS NOT PROCEDURES

26. WHOEVER HAS THE INFORMATION HAS
THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS

27. DEFAULT IS YES

28. CREATE SPACE FOR THINKING

29. IT GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER

30. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

31. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

32. AGICAP SUBMARINE

33. FEARS TO OVERCOME

34. IN A PREVIOUS LIFE

35. FROM START-UP TO SCALE-UP

36. MY ACTION PLAN

37. PREPARE PEOPLE

38. OUR EXPLORATIONS

39. STRATEGIC DDD FTW!

40. LET’S SPLIT THE MONOLITH

41. XMAS REFACTORING

42. GUILDS OF MANY THINGS

43. YOU BUILD IT YOU RUN IT

44. MAJOR DISCOVERIES 😲

45. PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY

46. AVOID OLD-STYLE ENGINEERING MANAGERS

47. NOT ONLY A MATTER OF TOP-DOWN COMMUNICATION

48. LIKE BOATS ON A LAKE; LET STAY CONNECTED!

49. STAY CONNECTED WITH “WE INTENT TO…”

50. AUTONOMY ≠ AUTARCHY

51. AUTONOMY: NOT EVERYONE'S HOLY GRAIL!

52. BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE GOALS YOU SET

53. A DELICATE BALANCE FOR TEAMS

54. WRAP UP
1. AUTONOMY: INDEPENDENT YET
CONNECTED
2. AUTONOMY: NOT EVERYONE'S
HOLY GRAIL!
3. FIND THE DELICATE BALANCE
AT TEAMS' LEVEL

55. THE BOY SCOUT RULE

56. THE BOY SCOUT ANIMATOR RULE
“ALWAYS LEAVE THE CAMPGROUND WITH MORE
AUTONOMOUS PEOPLE THAN YOU HAVE INITIALLY
FOUND”
PAULINE

57. THE WINNERS ARE…

58. STAY TUNED!

59. APPENDIX

60. BY THE WAY !