
The problem with great performance
Our entire business culture has been built around the idea of command & control, a few people at the top who command the decisions and “control” the actions of the rest. The decisions are based on careful and detailed planning and analysis, and the people are “controlled” by performance evaluations. The main assumptions here are that only a few people know what is best for the business and they make the decisions, while the rest of the people need to be controlled for maximiz