Technology has created the opportunity to know. Information is accessible, whether you want to share it or not. In fact, the organization benefits when information is freely shared. People can do their job better when they have easy access to the information they need. Values-driven leadership is essential. You can’t hide your morals behind closed doors. It might once have been possible to get away with questionable ethics, but there’s nowhere to hide anymore.
When diverse perspectives are combined, discussions are richer, more robust, and more relevant and we find better solutions. Conflict and creative disagreement, when focused on issues and not personalities, serve as the “grain of sand in the oyster” to produce creative new ideas, approaches and solutions.
In hierarchical organizations, the flow of information and decisions tends to be linear. Although hierarchical organizations have advantages in terms of efficiency, there is a huge opportunity cost in not having access to relevant resources.
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