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I still do this after 15 years! Commitment means creative autonomy though. If valid solutions get tossed out by impostors then it becomes impossible to sustain. Or when authoritarians and people low on agreeableness traits start trying to make everyone predict all implementation details up front under the guise of process improvement (it allows unexperienced managers to pretend they understand details).

There is a minimum level of mutual co-operation and diplomacy required to nurture commitment and ownership, and alas it seems so uncommon as soon as a team goes over 5 people IME, unless the business is REALLY careful about hiring for openness and agreeableness.



> authoritarians and people low on agreeableness

Is that the big five personality traits? Seems as if in your experience they mean something for workplace performance and team efficiency?

> openness and agreeableness

Tends to create better teams?

How come you've heard about the big five? (You didn't study psychology?)




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