leaders-as-system-executors-and-shapers

"Trapped with power - decision makers with high stakes have a few choices in order to navigate uncertainty that they are responsible for. A common one being driving transparency, predictability and uniformity to reduce risk. This has the second order effect of constraining operations adding cost to operations, and also reducing diversity. What other options exist and what circumstances make those other options appealing?

• high probability of success : control is less important if more bets are good bets
• organization size : smaller organizations mean less specialization and centralization in terms of risk navigating
• shared responsibility for failure : specialization in navigation is offset if it is aligned that this is a shared responsibility
• sensitivity : knowing when to change course to mitigate losses"

unifying dominator and subjects as under constraints of the parameters of the system

Stability as a value offering required of leaders. Value provided to others or to an organization is the ability to say what outcome will come from a common input. Specialization is how we decompose the risk / ambiguity that is being resolved as a task