Feb 16, 2025
Centralised decision-making will always create bottlenecks. Sooner or later, this will prevent your company from growing.
Traditional and rigid organisations value hierarchy, and leaders often think they need to control every decision.
But this slows innovation, delays time to market, and prevents teams from learning.
Create a culture of ownership at every level. Empower your team to make decisions within their areas of expertise. Trust fuels faster progress.
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I'm a father of 3 from Sydney, a product and technology leader. I write about leadership, product management, technology and the messy reality of making work work.
I'm currently building and experimenting with a mildly alarming number of things. I also work as a fractional product leader, stepping in where the founder or CEO is still carrying product decisions on their own, and offer 1:1 product leadership coaching for senior PMs and emerging product leaders. I founded SoundingBoard, practical peer exchange for product people. Connect via LinkedIn, or follow me on X.
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