> Sadly, most of modern management refuses to make these changes, and too many folks in the trenches don't want to take ownership of their work and just want to be told what to do.
Interestingly enough this is something I see in management books and operations research books going back to the 70s. It's a lesson that hasn't been learned.
As for the ownership - I think that makes a lot of sense. People in the trenches know very well that they don't really own the thing, but are just at best responsible for it. I think that is perfectly fine, and the whole "ownership" language tends to obscure very real power dynamics.
Interestingly enough this is something I see in management books and operations research books going back to the 70s. It's a lesson that hasn't been learned.
As for the ownership - I think that makes a lot of sense. People in the trenches know very well that they don't really own the thing, but are just at best responsible for it. I think that is perfectly fine, and the whole "ownership" language tends to obscure very real power dynamics.