What’s Your Company’s Decision-Making DNA?

Amazon and Netflix’s implicit “Freedom and Responsibility Culture” goes to the heart of its success, namely, its apparently enhancive and tropophilic organizational structure. I say “apparently enhancive” since I don’t believe they are aware of Open systems Design Principles, especially after what happened to Google’s “Open Culture,” right?

Amazon and Netflix’s intuitive knowledge about Open Systems Design Principles has allowed and encouraged their employees to make wise decisions despite uncertainty and ambiguity. These principles empower team members to make decisions based on critical thinking, the long-term, and their Vision and Mission statements.

Making strategic, informed decisions based on data and fact is Amazon’s and Netflix’s quintessential strength. When your employees make the best decisions, what good is to have a supervisor breeding down their neck?

When your employees identify and address root causes, and get beyond treating symptoms, what is the need to even have a manager?

In a world plagued with uncertainty and volatility, that is low on time, addicted to busyness, and distracted by a myriad of symptoms, your company’s decision-making DNA will determine its future.

A decision-making DNA that encourages employees to take the time to think critically…