Autonomy in a Box

There really is no other way. You need to define the borders, the boundaries within which you have or give autonomy.

You don’t give someone a car and give them full autonomy. You define the box they are in; which side of the road to drive at, what speed limits are, how to yield at a crossroad. 

Giving someone autonomy without defining the box is either a grandstanding to project an image of a modern workplace, or a recipe for a total disaster. Or sometimes both.

Leave a comment