We often complain about lack of leadership across organizations yet we create work environments where leaders can't emerge or thrive. As Don Reinertsen points: Decentralizing control requires decentralizing both the authority to make decisions and the information required to make these decisions correctly. In most organizations we ignore both of these requirements. Not only does it result in leadership deficit but also drives engagement and motivation levels down. How do we change the game so that we reverse the mechanism? How do we design work environment where leadership is enabled and encouraged? Most commonly the missing part is autonomy. Distributing authority across the board goes against commonly accepted management paradigm, thus it meets resistance. Also full autonomy with no constraints means anarchy. Finding the right balance between the two and overcoming resistance is an evolutionary process. It is, however, the process that shapes exceptional work environments.

6. Source: Gallup: State of the Global Workplace

11. Source: Don Reinertsen: Principles of Product Development Flow

15. Source: Don Reinertsen: Principles of Product Development Flow

16. http://brodzinski.com/2015/02/decision-making-process.html