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…informed acquiescence cultures tend to be management-oriented, with an established managing class and a well-entrenched bureaucracy.
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There is no gap, either personally or institutionally, between the individual and the best behavior.
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Values speak to the higher self. They have the power to inspire and not just motivate. They breed belief.
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Culture occurs at the synapses where people interact.
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If individuals, inspired by the core values of the group, are to be truly trusted to self-govern then they must have free and unfettered access to the information they need to make sound and reasonable judgments.
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Organizational structure in self-governing cultures is tightly integrated – flatter, if you will – and the synapses between individuals and teams operate in a state of high trust.
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Self-governance requires universal vigilance; in self-governed groups, the responsibility for one’s own and others’ behavior becomes the job of everyone on the team.
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With everyone accountable for the team’s success, no one tolerates slacking; the culture becomes self-enforcing and feedback becomes the name of the game.
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In self-governing cultures, the role of every individual is to lead and be a leader.
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In return for trust and autonomy, relationships between members of the group recognize the implicit social contract and include the greater good.
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