The underlying system that helps align work with the best people to own it is attribution. When you and the rest of your team know who did what, a natural intuition develops for pairing projects with people outside of traditional hierarchical structures. Each person’s expertise becomes clearer, and the team is naturally supportive of those empowered to lead certain projects, regardless of their seniority. Respect is bred for those at the source of the work rather than those a level up. With such alignment, decisions about who should do what are supported by the larger team rather than being
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