Governance. Over the years, corporate governance has become a circus of compliance and risk avoidance. In the meantime we have forgotten that true stewardship comes from participation and ownership, not fear. Put simply, if we want organizations to learn and adapt—if we want them to be good citizens—then we need a distributed mechanism for steering and changing the organization. One way to do this is to encourage every team to hold a monthly governance meeting. The goal of this meeting is for everyone to have the chance to voice their concerns and propose local changes to structure, strategy,
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Holy shit, this is a transformational idea.
