One destination and guardrails
We needed to migrate our tech stack. Instead of a detailed playbook, we set few guidelines: reduce system complexity, ensure everyone feels ownership, and spread knowledge across the team.
People started making faster decisions. They could push back on overly complex solutions without needing technical expertise. The guidelines created productive conflict about real tradeoffs.
Compare this to projects where every decision needs approval. People stop thinking. Change becomes something that happens to them.